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How to import email settings from K-9 and Thunderbird for Android

{warning}This feature is still being developed as part of Thunderbird for Android and Thunderbird for Desktop. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thunderbird.android.beta Upgrade to the latest version of Thunderbird for Android beta] for the latest version on Android.{/warning} __TOC__ = How To Import from Thunderbird Desktop = {warning}''Export for Mobile'' is available starting with Thunderbird Desktop 128.4.0 or Thunderbird beta 132 or newer. It is not available in older versions of Thunderbird.{/warning} == Export Thunderbird Desktop settings == # Open Thunderbird Desktop and click {button ≡} > {menu Tools} > {menu Export for Mobile}. # Tick the Email accounts you wish to export to Thunderbird for Android. #;[[Image:Thunderbird 128 Export accounts to Thunderbird Mobile]] # If you have accounts that are not using [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] and you wish to export your passwords, you will see a '''Security''' section. Tick '''Include all accounts passwords''' under '''Security''' to export your passwords in the QR code. # Click {button Export}. A QR code will be displayed. Follow the steps below on your Android phone or tablet to scan the Thunderbird Desktop settings QR code. If you have many email accounts, multiple QR codes will be displayed when you scan from your Android device in the next step. #;[[Image:tb-128-qr-code]] == Import the Desktop settings into Thunderbird for Android == Open Thunderbird for Android on your phone or tablet and follow the steps below. === First run === After you install Thunderbird for Android and run it for the first time, here's how to import settings from Desktop: # Tap {button Get started} on the initial screen. # Tap {button Import settings} > {button Scan QR code}. Scan the QR code from Thunderbird Desktop. If you have many email accounts, after scanning the first QR code, another code will be displayed and scanned until all account settings have been setup. # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. [[UI:details_start]] === Subsequent runs === Once you have set up an email account, the next time you import email settings, the process will be slightly different: # Tap {button ≡} at the top left > tap the gear icon:{button [[Image:gear icon]]} at the bottom left. # Tap {button Import settings} > {button Scan QR code}. Scan the QR code from Thunderbird Desktop. If you have many email accounts, after scanning the first QR code, another code will be displayed and scanned until all account settings have been setup. # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. [[UI:details_end]] = How To Import from K-9 or other Thunderbird for Android apps = Open Thunderbird for Android on your phone or tablet and follow the steps below. == First run == After you install Thunderbird for Android and run it for the first time, here's how to import settings from '''K-9''' or Thunderbird from Android: # Tap {button Get started} on the initial screen. # Tap {button Import your account settings now} > tap {button Import from app}. # Tap the email app you wish to import your email account settings from either ('''K-9 Mail''' or another release of Thunderbird for Android e.g. Beta). # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. [[UI:details_start]] == Subsequent runs == Once you have set up an email account, the next time you import email settings, the process will be slightly different: # Tap {button ≡} at the top left > tap the ''gear'' icon:{button [[Image:gear icon]]} at the bottom left. # Tap {button Import settings} > tap {button Import from app}. # Tap the email app you wish to import your email account settings from either ('''K-9 Mail''' or another release of Thunderbird for Android e.g. Beta). # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. [[UI:details_end]] [[UI:details_start]] = How To Import email account settings using a settings file from Thunderbird or K-9 = {warning} It is not possible to import a settings file from apps other than Thunderbird for Android or ''K-9''.{/warning} == 1. Export Thunderbird or K-9 settings to a file == Open the app, K-9 or Thunderbird for Android, whose settings you wish to export. # Tap {button ≡} at the top left > tap the ''gear'' icon:{button [[Image:gear icon]]} at the bottom left. # Tap {button Export settings}. # Tick the Email accounts you wish to export to Thunderbird for Android. # If you have accounts that are not using [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] and you wish to export your passwords, you will see a '''Security''' section. Tick '''Include all accounts passwords''' under '''Security''' to export your passwords to a file. # Tap {button Export}. # Change the directory and the filename as you see fit and tap {button Save}. Take note of the filename and directory e.g. a directory in ''Google drive'', the '''Downloads''' directory, etc. You will need the filename and directory in order to import the settings in ''Step 2''. == 2. Import the exported settings file into Thunderbird for Android == Open Thunderbird for Android on your phone or tablet and follow the steps below. === First run === Here's how to import settings from the file you created in ''Step 1'': # Tap {button Get started} on the initial screen. # Tap {button Import your account settings now} > {button Select file}. Select the file you saved from ''Step 1.'' # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. == Subsequent runs == Once you have set up an email account, the next time you import email settings, the process will be slightly different: # Tap {button ≡} at the top left > tap the ''gear'' icon:{button [[Image:gear icon]]} at the bottom left. # Tap {button Import settings} > tap {button Select file}. Select the file you saved from the ''Step 1.'' # Ensure the email accounts you want to import are all ticked. Tap {button Import}. # If your account uses [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth OAuth] instead of password authentication or you have chosen not to import your passwords, you will be prompted for your passwords. Follow the prompts to complete your import. [[UI:details_end]] = Not seeing all your email accounts? = You will not be able to import some email accounts because they are configured in a way that is not supported by Thunderbird for Android. == Not supported == Email accounts with the following configurations are NOT supported (See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1919786 Bug 1919786] for full details): * [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Security_Services_Application_Program_Interface GSSAPI] * [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLM NTLM] * ''TlsCertificate'' * ''TryStartTls''. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1868517 Bug 1868517] * Non-ASCII email addresses are not supported. * Non SMTP outgoing servers are not supported. == Multiple outgoing servers are not exported == * Only the SMTP server for the default identity is exported for those email accounts with multiple outgoing servers.