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How do I move my local folders (with contents) from Thunderbird on old iMac to current Thunderbird on new iMac?

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Have my current inbox and sent messages (a University system gmail account) in a new installation of Thunderbird and don't want to mess with any of that. I need to copy all my local folders to the new Thunderbird installation on the new computer.

Have my current inbox and sent messages (a University system gmail account) in a new installation of Thunderbird and don't want to mess with any of that. I need to copy all my local folders to the new Thunderbird installation on the new computer.

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I suggest you using the import export tools add-on to export the mail to mbox files and them import them on the other device.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/

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Matt
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I suggest you using the import export tools add-on to export the mail to mbox files and them import them on the other device.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/