Restore mail, filters and everything
Gidday I have been using Thunderbird for quite some time and I have amassed a lot of emails and when I last exported the data, it came to 10Gb...now I know that you can only import 4Gb but is there any plan to update this? Also, is there any way that I can import (I have a new computer and need the old emails if possible) the data from the profile? I have read many of many ways to import but to me, they seem to have one or two vital steps missing... cheers col
Isisombululo esikhethiwe
Gidday Many thanks for the reply... After a few efforts of attempting to restore a profile (via the tools menu), I went to a backup and selected a 10Gb profile and after a few attempts it restored the emails and message filters...I don't know why it did as it rejected a couple of others of lesser size... cheers col
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This suggestion assumes you are using Windows and that the profile is in the default location: On OLD computer: - exit thunderbird (this is IMPORTANT) - copy c:\users\<yourid>appdata\roaming\thunderbird to external drive On New Computer: - install thunderbird if not already installed. - exit thunderbird - copy the thunderbird folder on external drive to c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming to overwrite the default thunderbird folder. - start thunderbird and all should be there.
TIP: be sure to do periodic backups the same way to simplify doing restore if needed.
Isisombululo Esikhethiwe
Gidday Many thanks for the reply... After a few efforts of attempting to restore a profile (via the tools menu), I went to a backup and selected a 10Gb profile and after a few attempts it restored the emails and message filters...I don't know why it did as it rejected a couple of others of lesser size... cheers col
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