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Thunderbird - Importing profile from SeaMonkey

pete109
pete109
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I have just installed Thunderbird 115.1.0 on Windows 7 I am trying to use the import tool to migrate my profile from SeaMonkey. When I select "Import from a SeaMonkey installation" and click Continue, nothing happens. The other 4 options on the page each move me on to a further page, but the SeaMonkey option does nothing. The same problem was reported 21 Aug 2022 by another contributor, so it would seem that this feature has been broken for some time. (I guess maybe not many people are wanting to migrate from SeaMonkey, so not many people are experiencing the problem.) Can anyone advise on what I might be doing wrong, or, if this is a "bug", is there a mechanism for reporting it?

I have just installed Thunderbird 115.1.0 on Windows 7 I am trying to use the import tool to migrate my profile from SeaMonkey. When I select "Import from a SeaMonkey installation" and click Continue, nothing happens. The other 4 options on the page each move me on to a further page, but the SeaMonkey option does nothing. The same problem was reported 21 Aug 2022 by another contributor, so it would seem that this feature has been broken for some time. (I guess maybe not many people are wanting to migrate from SeaMonkey, so not many people are experiencing the problem.) Can anyone advise on what I might be doing wrong, or, if this is a "bug", is there a mechanism for reporting it?

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1825995

You can try migrating local mail and address books manually, or try creating a new profile in 115 and selecting the SM profile folder as a source. Help/Troubleshooting Info, about:profiles, to create and manage profiles.

Local mail: copy mbox files (files with no extension, named after folders) to Mail/Local Folders.

Address books: Tools/Import, from file, address books, choose .mab or .sqlite files.

pete109
pete109 Vraag-eienaar
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Thanks for your help. The link to Bugzilla is particularly interesting. I had not previously been aware of Bugzilla. Well the problem has been posted, so eventually may be fixed. In the meantime I will try creating a new profile and select my existing SM profile as a source. Thanks

Medhasree Suram
Medhasree Suram
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Hey there! It looks like you're having trouble importing your SeaMonkey profile into Thunderbird. No worries, we've got you covered! If the "Import from a SeaMonkey installation" option isn't working, you can try a couple of things. You can manually migrate your local mail and address books by copying mbox files to Mail/Local Folders for mail and using the Tools/Import option for address books. Another option is to create a new profile in Thunderbird (you can find this under Help/Troubleshooting Info or by typing about:profiles in the address bar) and select your SeaMonkey profile folder as the source. Hopefully, one of these methods will do the trick for you.