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Thunderbird 78.1.1

Switching from W7 to W10. W7 configuration: profile is on separate HD - not C:\.

Clean install of W10 on new HD and I had to enter all my email accounts and somehow somehow managed to get tbird to link to existing profile on separate HD so addresses & rules, are 'there'. W10 version working fine.

Thunderbird is about the only thing that works satisfactorily in W10 so I went to dual boot to spend most of my time in W7. On restoring previous W7 OS image [on a separate HD from W10 OS], tbird now demands that I not use old profile w new tbird version. That's the best way I can interpret the message. I'm guessing the OS/image version that says this [from June, '20] doesn't like the profile version that was doing just fine before I started this switch in mid July.

So I've started over and re-entered all the email addresses [as I did on W10 connfiguration] but I've tried 3-4-5 ways to trick Thunderbird into using the old profile which is still the same file on the same separate HD that the W10 Thunderbird is using and I just can't get that to happen.

I exported/imported address books [from W10 to W7] but didn't get the filters. I don't know what else I am missing, but I think all I need is teh dozens of filters I've set up over the years. IT looks like current W7 version of tbird is working fine except no filters.

I see all the same sent/received emails when running tbird from either OS.

How can I get the filters back into W7 Thunderbird? Can/Must I have tbird running or not running? Can/Must I drive things from W10 tbird active and W7 is just anothere data HD? Or drive from W7 tbird active and W10 is just another data disk?

Simplest could be just connect current W7 tbird to same old profile on separate HD. If this is not part of the process, then I will have to do it later anyway but that should be an easier process. Several utubes etc on how to do that. I do not have enough room on C:\ OS HD for email data. That's why the profile is on separate HD.

My goal is to have both W7 & W10 tbirds using the same profile - of course, only one such alive at a time. When one Tbird updates, boot to the other OS and update that tbird. If this absolutely cannot be done, please tell me so.

Many thanks in advance!!

How do I stop 78.x.x from replacing 68.10.1. It is currently set as Updates Disabled by the System Administrator. Yet today after a week and a half running on a restored 68.10.1 it updated to 78.1.1.

I have Thunderbird on my HP laptop with many folders in the Local Folders with business emails. I am trying to migrate the Local folders to my new LG laptop where Thunderbird has been installed. One Drive is active and visible on both laptops. I located the default profile in my HP and saved it to One Drive. I moved the HP default profile to my Profile folder within the Thunderbird app. The LG Local Folders does not display any of the folders in the profile. The many local folders are in the Profile folder since I can open the Profile folder and see the HP folders in my Local File. I used Choose User Profile to select the HP profile moved the the LG Thunderbird. Any suggestion how to display those folders?

I need to know if I can recoved my V 78 profile so I can restore my local folders and address book

I was tryig some of the beta versions of thunderbird to see if I could get lthe provider for google calendar wot work since it stopped working with V 78.

I downloaded v 80.1 and put it in a seperate folder. It did not help so I uninstalled it. When I did that I lost all my stuff from V 78.0

Please help

Running Windows 10

I have an email client that does weird things so I thought I'd try Thunderbird. eM Client doesn't play nice with exporting and TB can't import directly so I looked for add-ons (which TB doesn't tell you about, you have to go looking for answers). None of the import tools work because 78.1.1 is too new. So I installed 68.1.1 figuring I could do the import, then update. I installed Import Export NG but I still have the same problem - 'No application to import data from found'. I tried exporting from eM but TB doesn't offer any import options other than directly from another client. Import Export NG is in the extensions list but I can't do anything with it directly except change settings. All of my current email is IMAP but I have a history of personally important POP emails going back many years that I don't want to lose.

Please - can anyone tell how to backup only email account configuration: mail server settings (server address, port, protocol, etc), usernames, passwords, email account aliases, RSS accounts, etc. Would be good to include here Address Book but sometimes it would be good to be able to backup Address Book separately. Hopefully all email accounts would be possible to backup regardless of authentication type. I mean also email accounts using OAuth2 authentication. Also would be good to be able backup Thunderbird own settings separately. Sometimes is only email account settings important to backup, sometimes also Thunderbird settings, e.g. extensions separately. As usually there are IMAP-protocol used then emails are not needed to backup what most such extensions are offering like ImportExportTools NG. As you can read from https://support.mozilla.org/et/questions/1281340 - backuping whole profile (including emails) requires enormous amount of storage space. Sometimes is needed certainly also email backup itself. It would be very much appreciated if there could be an option to select manually every component that is included into backup and what is not. I've tried to find these files manually what to copy to backup these settings mentioned above but haven't succeeded to figure out which file is connected to which part of settings. Certainly I prefer free and open-source solutions. Certainly also restoring backupped settings flawlessly.

Using currently 64-bit Thunderbird 68.11 under GNU/Linux, manually downloaded as user from Thunderbird homepage. Usually tutorials handle all data (including emails) that are not needed and do not allow to distinguish only required part of data: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer https://www.auralsolutions.com/2012/12/how-to-backup-thunderbird-data-emails-and-contacts/ https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng https://www.iperiusbackup.net/en/backup-thunderbird-and-restore-email-and-account/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_backing-up-a-profile http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder

Hi I have Thunderbird version 78 I need import messages from Windows Live Mail to Thunderbird . but Import export tools NG works with max with thunderbird 72 version. is the new version Import export tools for new Thunderbird ? Thank you

I have about 20GB of business emails from last 10 years in my Thunderbird. I want to upgrade my operating system in mac from Hi sierra to Catalina. My question is will my old thunderbird data will sync automatically to the new operating system with the same existing profile? Is there any other issue I need to address in Thunderbird configuration before installing the Catalina?

I have created a .vcf file from windows live mail. A number of my contacts have 2 email addresses listed on the .vcf file as; EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:xxxxx@gmail.com EMAIL;INTERNET:xxxxx@yyy.com

When I import the file into Thunderbird (68.11.0) only the first email address appears. Why doesn't the second email address go into 'Additional email'? I would appreciate any advice/help on how to get both addresses into Thunderbird address book.

I am on Windows 10 home. I found that I was running Thunderbird beta and could not print emails. I downloaded Thunderbird 78.1.1 but have a couple of configuration issues and would be grateful for assistance.

I am operating POP and local folders. I have files: T:\DAC\Tony's profile T:\DAC\Tony's email-outlook

In the profile there is a file abook.mab.msf - but I cannot access addresses in Thunderbird. How can I access the historical addresses?

On Thunderbird there are a number of Inbox folders? The top one contains my sub-folders, which is how I file emails. But do I have a configuration problem with the several Inbox folders & 2 Sent folders?

Attached are my Server settings & Local folder settings. Thanks for any assistance, Tony

Somehow, Thunderbird was updated on my system without my permission. I have now lost everything -- all my archives, all my structures, and the ability to send email from some accounts.

How do I back out of this installation and install a previous version so I can get my content back? One of the messages was my friend's suicide note which I had archived. It is now gone. I am not happy with what Thunderbird has done behind my back. And I have financially supported this effort.

I am trying to move all of my emails over from Windows Live Mail, and I am having trouble. I have release 78.1.1, just downloaded a few days ago.

The numbered items below are on a help page for Thunderbird (in https://support.mozilla.org/), with my problems interspersed:

"1. Export your messages from Windows Mail in .eml format." The "export" selection in WLM gives the options of exporting to Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, or Windows Live Mail or Microsoft Exchange/outlook. The former does nothing, the latter generated files that I put in "users\[me]\appdata\local\microsoft\windows live mail".

"2. In Thunderbird, create a folder in "Local Folders" to hold your imported mail and select it." I created the folder.

"3. Right click the folder and select ImportExportTools > Import all messages from a directory > also from its subdirectories." Right clicking on the folder just gives the "open, search,...properties" etc., no import/export tools. However, in the menu at the upper right, tools > import is an option. Selecting that asks me if I want to import from "Becky! Internet Mail" or "Outlook". I picked Outlook, and just got an "error, can't do this" message. I then picked Becky, which allowed me to proceed to step 4:

"4. Navigate to the .eml files folder. The default location for Windows Live mail is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail (or \Windows Mail)." I navigated there, and after a bit it gave me a long error message that included "an error occurred importing mail...", "unable to find mail to import", "error importing [and then it named several, but not all, of my mail folders]". It created a folder "Becky! Internet mail" which has folders I recognize, but with no apparent sub-folders, and after about a half hour the blue circle is still going around... so I don't think this is going to work either.

What am I missing? Thanks! Carol

Hello, I wish to switch from Microsoft Outlook 2007 with iCloud services to Thunderbird but I don't know how to get started. Currently work with Windows 16 64 Bit Some questions:

    - What version of Thunderbird do I need

Which add-ons do I need to:

   - import my existing mails, folder structure (import PST file?)
   - to link my iCloud Contacts with notes, calendars and tasks.

Other points of attention that I have to take into account.

Thank you very much for the responses,

(Spoken languages: Dutch, French and English)

Bonjour, J'ai téléchargé la version 78 deThunderbird sans le savoir et je me retrouve sans pouvoir ouvrir mon ancien profil. Résultat des choses importantes ont été perdues. Comment je peux faire pour les récupérer? Notamment des dossiers stockés dans Thunderbird avec des mails reçus et expédiés. Merci d'avance Fernand Peres

Currently I have Eudora 7.1.0.9 on a Windows 7 computer. I’m getting a new computer with Windows 10. Since Eudora is no longer supported I’m looking to switch to Thunderbird 78 (which I gather is the latest version). Will Thunderbird 78 import all my Eudora 7.1.0.9 files? If it will, am I correct in assuming that I’d need to install Thunderbird 78 on my current Windows 7 computer and import the Eudora files to it? Then how do I transfer the new Thunderbird on my Windows 7 computer to my Windows 10 computer?

Sorry if topic not quite right.

When backing up Thunderbird - every month or so (for many years) to a separate HDD - always thought that address book was within the -- Roaming - Thunderbird - Folder. Can anyone say please, where to find the address book on the HDD as I now think, to the cost of my wife's PC's faulty HDD, it has to be exported for back up as it appears not(?) to be automatically backed up when backing up Thunderbird. Previously, not sure how long ago, I seem to remember content of emails being shown within the Thunderbird Folder, appears not to be so currently.

My wife is a little upset because my misunderstanding has caused her the loss of her email address list. In future both on mine and her PCs I I think I'll have to create folders header "E Mail Address Backup" - am I wrong?

Thanks in anticipation

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I'm looking to migrate from Outlook 2010 on a PC to Thunderbird for my mail and contacts. I need Thunderbird to regularly and easily sync its' contacts (imported from Outlook) to iOS 13 on an iPhone via a USB cable. What easy-to-use utilities are people using for this please? Thank you.

Since Thunderbird Mac was upgraded from 68 to 78, I have been unable to access my email account. Old emails are still stored in Thunderbird. I checked the settings and they are still correct. How can I access my email account with Thunderbird 78?