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Stuck trying to migrate an old email

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I have an old email with windows live mail and want to migrate it to thunderbird since windows live mail has been discontinued for a while. Every time i try and set it up and migrate it, it doesn't seem to find the email server (most likely due to windows live mail beings ancient) and then I need to manually set it up. But even after trying to follow guides, I still have issues. Firstly, it says the hostname is invalid even though it contains only valid characters. I seriously wouldn't even know where to start. Would it just be easier to make a new email. Any help would be appreciated.

I have an old email with windows live mail and want to migrate it to thunderbird since windows live mail has been discontinued for a while. Every time i try and set it up and migrate it, it doesn't seem to find the email server (most likely due to windows live mail beings ancient) and then I need to manually set it up. But even after trying to follow guides, I still have issues. Firstly, it says the hostname is invalid even though it contains only valid characters. I seriously wouldn't even know where to start. Would it just be easier to make a new email. Any help would be appreciated.

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If this is still unresolved, it may help to post a screenshot of the account settings you are attempting. thank you

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If this is still unresolved, it may help to post a screenshot of the account settings you are attempting. thank you

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