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Import mail into Thunderbird

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Uniquark
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Hi All. I'm trying to convert my many folders of mail from Apple Mail to Thunderbird. I tried the Tools > Import command with no luck. It imports exactly zero messages. It does not even ask me where to find the messages. I also tried the ImportExport addon. It works, but it requires the messages be exported as box files. I can do this easily for one or two folders, but I have hundreds of thousands of message spread across thousands of folders. Are there any other tools for importing that actually work?

Hi All. I'm trying to convert my many folders of mail from Apple Mail to Thunderbird. I tried the Tools > Import command with no luck. It imports exactly zero messages. It does not even ask me where to find the messages. I also tried the ImportExport addon. It works, but it requires the messages be exported as box files. I can do this easily for one or two folders, but I have hundreds of thousands of message spread across thousands of folders. Are there any other tools for importing that actually work?

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Sea Mac
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Uniquark said

Hi All. I'm trying to convert my many folders of mail from Apple Mail to Thunderbird. I tried the Tools > Import command with no luck. It imports exactly zero messages. It does not even ask me where to find the messages. I also tried the ImportExport addon. It works, but it requires the messages be exported as box files. I can do this easily for one or two folders, but I have hundreds of thousands of message spread across thousands of folders. Are there any other tools for importing that actually work?

There appear to be several add-ons for importing and exporting mail messages.

Have you tried the newer "NG" Next Generation Import tool? It looks as if it CAN Import: - Mbox files (including structure) - EML & EMLX files - Individual or all directory files

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/?src=search

Version 4.0.1 for TB 60/ TB 68 and later.

I'm assuming you've just installed TB and you are starting with a clean new profile before importing. If not: you may wish to create a new clean profile before importing all folders At Once ... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles

Let me know if this does not help.

Modified by Sea Mac