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importing emails

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I just bought a new PC. I have Thunderbird on the old PC, and now installed it on the new PC. When I opened it on the new PC, it only downloaded 475 emails. On the old PC, I had over 15,000 emails. How can I get the new PC to downloaded the rest of the emails?

I just bought a new PC. I have Thunderbird on the old PC, and now installed it on the new PC. When I opened it on the new PC, it only downloaded 475 emails. On the old PC, I had over 15,000 emails. How can I get the new PC to downloaded the rest of the emails?

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See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer I think the video is a little dated, but the details for copying and moving the files should still be valid.