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Diarkib

getting e-mail onto a new computer from an old one

dmwillstaedt

I am unable to get my e-mail, address book onto this new computer. I have e-mail on my travel computer which should show on the laptop but doesn't. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your help.

Dianna

I am unable to get my e-mail, address book onto this new computer. I have e-mail on my travel computer which should show on the laptop but doesn't. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. Dianna

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The name of the addressbook is abook.sqlite and the name of the collected addressbook (if used) is history.sqlite . Locate those on old computer and copy to external media Then, on new computer in thunderbird click tools>import>import from a file and follow the menu options to 'sqlite' option and then select the copied files.

On old computer (if windows), the files are probably at c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\proiles\<yourprofilename>