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Moving thunderbird emails to a new computer - POP3 problem

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avarh527
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Hello, I have the following issue - I am moving to a new computer and want to move my emails with me. My Thunderbird on my old computer is configured to a POP3 server, and I have stored my emails on disk D, while Thunderbird is installed on disk C. I have transfered both my accounts folder (as described by Thunderbird help) and also transfered my emails folder. The moment I open Thunderbird on the new Computer it renames all my emails subfolders and when opening a mail it says the "file not found" on every email I had.

Please help?

Kind Regards, Alexander

Hello, I have the following issue - I am moving to a new computer and want to move my emails with me. My Thunderbird on my old computer is configured to a POP3 server, and I have stored my emails on disk D, while Thunderbird is installed on disk C. I have transfered both my accounts folder (as described by Thunderbird help) and also transfered my emails folder. The moment I open Thunderbird on the new Computer it renames all my emails subfolders and when opening a mail it says the "file not found" on every email I had. Please help? Kind Regards, Alexander

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Lampros
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Use mailstore free application. First archive the emails from a system folder. Then export them in your thunderbird profile. Restart thunderbird and you will see a folder named maidstone containing your old emails. Finally move them to the desired folder in local folder or proceed to archive.

avarh527
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Thank you for the answer, but it is still not working :( Is it possible it is because the versions of the Thunderbird are different?

Wayne Mery
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https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/