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How do I import 5000+ emails from old account into a specific folder in current version

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JohnPG
JohnPG
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Had to upgrade pc O/S.

Saved all old emails to a memory stick under a specific folder. can open each one and save to specific thunderbird folder, but over 5000 times.

How do I import all emails in the folder into a specific thunderbird folder called OLD MAIL.

Had to upgrade pc O/S. Saved all old emails to a memory stick under a specific folder. can open each one and save to specific thunderbird folder, but over 5000 times. How do I import all emails in the folder into a specific thunderbird folder called OLD MAIL.

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Gnospen
Gnospen
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Is your old mail in mboxes or separate .eml-files? What did you use to save them? (I want to understand how they are stored in what kind of structure and type of files.)

You could read this http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Migration#Manually_importing_and_exporting

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JohnPG
JohnPG Question owner
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They are all held as seperate *eml i.e.

39C653F6-00000332.EML

Gnospen
Gnospen
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Then use ImportExportTools to import all .eml in a folder Make that folder in TB first Link to ImportExportTools

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