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I have searched the help here and have noted that a few other people have asked the same question without receiving a response.

However I might as well try!

I have two profiles I want to merge into one so that the end user will open their email and have all their emails in the one place in thunderbird. Its the same user who was using Thunderbird on two devices so there are two profiles to be merged onto the one device.

I have tried the import-export tools etc but they didn't seem to work.

I have installed the old profile into the same location as the existing profile on the new device and can of course access it by changing the default location in the server settings. The older emails are there. However what I want to achieve is that the end user will have all the emails from both profiles visible within the one inbox o the newer device.

How can I achieve this?

Any constructive suggestions would be most welcome.

My gmail account function in Google workspace will be disabled in the No Cost Plan for google workspace. What will happen to the emails that were already imported to Thunderbird? Can I still open them? reply via thundersbird?

Thank you.

Dear community,

I have been using Thunderbird for many years and simply love it. (Now running v. 91.9.0, 64-bit for Mac-OS monterey v. 12.3.1).

After having used G-suite gmail with my own domain name for years as well, I am now forced to upgrade to a google business offering or take my domain name email somewhere else :-(

So I signed up for an alternative provider, and have copied a couple of folders to the new email-account using Thunderbird. This works like a charm, but what happens when I copy over the AllMail folder? I believe I will then duplicate all the emails copied from the folders?

Is there a smart way of migrating from gmail to another imap-provider using Thunderbird which will take into account google obscure way of labelling emails? Or is there another way of migrating away from gmail?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks, Fred Gjoertz.

Thunderbird stopped downloading new message 3 days ago 5/16/22. I tried a bunch of stuff, all failed. Finally, I deinstalled Thunderbird and deleted my profiles. I reinstalled Thunderbird and created a new account (gmail). The automatic configuration reported "Checking password ..." PASSED. Next it reported "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password"

I am using IMAP:

 imap.gmail.com, 993, SSL/TLS, OAuth2
 smtp.gmail.com, 465, SSL/TLS, OAuth2

I tried changing authentication method to normal password, no luck. I am able to log in to gmail. My account is set to allow unsecure applications.

Any ideas what is going on?

I've been using Thunderbird for years, always storing message on my machine. My local profile folder is now 2.3GB with 14,191 files in 688 folders. I suspect there is a lot of "orphaned" junk there. Most suspicious are hundreds of folders and files in subfolders named Cache and Cache.Trash, all dated in 2017. There is a cache2 folder that appears to be current.

I also have several other folders/files with dates (modified) back in 2017 and 2018, apparently no longer in use. I'm migrating to a new machine and would like to avoid junk if it's really junk. Is there a "cleanup" tool, or any guidance on how to identify and delete orphans?

Or... is there a way to "export" all and then "import" on a new machine. I've seen the migrate video, but it just tells how to copy/paste everything.

Hello i wanted to move my emails storage from c/user/user/appdata.... to d/thunderbird/profile.... results a lost all... i have 2 or 3 email accounts i cant attach the new D/ .../rpfile/8dsw...to others 2 email account only to 1 so i decide to get back ( C/ user/.../profile/8dsw... still in pc ) and get no more emails on 3 account and i if i add the profile file (8dsw...) to 1 email account show me all file associated to the account but nothing in inbox... ahhh misery misery ... Thanks for help

Mozilla says it can't upgrade existing Thunderbird version and wants me to replace it with new version that I must download, as if from scratch.

If I do that, what happens to my settings vis-a-vis Gmail, which is where I fetch my mail?

Hello,

I have downloaded Thunderbird so I can access all of the emails I have downloaded from my company's past Gmail accounts. How much storage do I get with Thunderbird please?

Also, Once I have imported all of the data will it be saved on my computer or on your server? I wanted a way of doing this that won't be too heavy in my harddrive.

Many thanks,

Breeze

Thunderbird 91.9.0 says it cannot update and I need to download and install new version.

1. will this wipe out my current version? 2. How do I back up the old version/data so that it is recoverable?

I have things stored in some folders that I really do not want to have to singularly back up to other files and folders, as it would take me about 3 hours to do.

Any help apprecated.

If Thunderbird is installed on several computers in a network and one of them gets mail with POP and puts it in "Local folders", can the others access the mail folders at the same time without conflict?

Hello, I live in germany! I took the exe from your server. Installed it, but now everything is in english, how to change the Thunderbird in German, when it is installed in english? In preferences i saw nothing about it, just change language for "Rechtschreibung".

Thanks!!!

I followed [guide] to move my Thunderbird profile from my old computer with Windows 10 to my new computer with Windows 11, but it is showing up as an empty window with no emails or folders/accounts. It also doesn't show my tabs/session. If I try to write a message, there is no "from" email address. I do get email notifications though, and I saw in Gmail that my forwarding filter worked as well. There is no error message or anything. I tried starting it in Troubleshoot Mode, but the same thing happens, except that the background color is different. I attached a screenshot of it in Troubleshoot Mode. Could this problem be due to Windows 11? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

I let Thunderbord fill out the first forms page, and the encrypted P/W is green. I also attempted to populate the "att.net" settings, tested it, and the P/W is green. After doing all this, I do NOT see a "Create Account" field. Not sure what to do now.

I backed up the thunderbird profile as per video instructions to external drive. On the new pc I installed thunderbird and copied to the roaming folder the filed previously copied from old pc. After doing it and opening the thunderbird, it doesn't open as the old program, it keeps wanting me to set up and account and when I go to the thunderbird program I find 4 different profile names and i guess it correspond with the times I have tried copying the profile back into the new pc. Can any one shed a light on this for me please.

When upgrading from Thunderbird Help, the upgrade install does not retain default mail app settings. This has been happening for months now and it gets tiring. I have to then download the same version as the exe file and install it again to get Thunderbird set as the default mail application.

I NEED A NEW PASSWORD. I DON'T REMEMBER THE OLD ONE. I JUST UPGRADED FROM WINDOWS 7 TO WINDOWS 10. YES I USED A SEAGATE BACK UP BUT IT DIDN'T COPY ANY OF MY FOLDERS OR E MAIL OR ADDRESS BOOK OR ANYTHING. THE SAME THING WITH FIREFOX. I HAVE NO BOOKMARKS NOTHING. I GOT THUNDERBIRD ALL INSTALLED EXCEPT FOR THE PASSWORD. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR FORGOT PASSWORD. SO I CAN'T GET A NEW ONE.

I am asked every day to download Thunderbird 91.9.1 (64 bit). I have already installed it - twice! And yes, my preferences are set for automatic updates. I am on Win 10 Home (64 bit) and it is fully up to date.