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Import/Export from Thunderbird 91.x.x.

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Hello friends, this is the first time I visit the Mozilla Community so I'm nice to meet you all.

I have a Google Data backup downloaded on a folder in my PC. I have also unzipped it and optained some mbox files. So I have installed the last version of TB and asked to install the Import/Export Tool extension, but seems that it's not compatible with TB91. My questions are: how to recover the mbox files securely? Is there in TB91 a tool to do this without the import/export add on?

Lot of thanks, Emiliano

Hello friends, this is the first time I visit the Mozilla Community so I'm nice to meet you all. I have a Google Data backup downloaded on a folder in my PC. I have also unzipped it and optained some mbox files. So I have installed the last version of TB and asked to install the Import/Export Tool extension, but seems that it's not compatible with TB91. My questions are: how to recover the mbox files securely? Is there in TB91 a tool to do this without the import/export add on? Lot of thanks, Emiliano

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Help/More Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, copy the mbox files into Mail/Local Folders, remove the .mbox extensions, restart TB, find the folders under Local Folders in the Folder Pane.

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Help/More Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, copy the mbox files into Mail/Local Folders, remove the .mbox extensions, restart TB, find the folders under Local Folders in the Folder Pane.

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sfhowes said
Help/More Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, copy the mbox files into Mail/Local Folders, remove the .mbox extensions, restart TB, find the folders under Local Folders in the Folder Pane.

Thanks for your concise support. It is not a handy way to solve the problem, but it's the only one available, right?

Emiliano

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It's the only way I'm aware of, and it eliminates issues with figuring out how to install and apply an add-on.