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How can I import old MSF files into new installation of Thunderbird?

Have clean installed Thunderbird and need to recover emails from a backup of MSF files. Would also like to recover address book . Appreciate any help.

Have clean installed Thunderbird and need to recover emails from a backup of MSF files. Would also like to recover address book . Appreciate any help.

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Msf files won't be of any use to you. I hope that you have backed up your entire profile. Restoring a profile is the simplest way to recover both messages and address books.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data

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Msf files won't be of any use to you. I hope that you have backed up your entire profile. Restoring a profile is the simplest way to recover both messages and address books.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data

Thanks for your help, all back now.