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rsbrux
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Because my previous Thunderbird profile appears to be corrupted, I am trying to reconstruct it without too much duplication of effort. I have started with a virgin profile and added 3 mail accounts by way of the account wizard.

  1. One of the accounts is an iCloud (Apple) account. Thunderbird offered to add my iCloud "Reminders" to Thunderbird's calendar, but the resulting entry shows a yellow triangle with an exclamation point, which seems to mean that it cannot be synced. The corresponding iCloud mail account appears to sync without problems. What must I do to enable the "Reminders"?
  2. I also need to import the mail from the "Local Folders" in my old profile. Under "Tools - Import", it looks as though selecting "Mail Messages" will import all mail, which will likely result in hosing my profile again. How can I import *only* the mail folders form my old "Local Folders"?
Because my previous Thunderbird profile appears to be corrupted, I am trying to reconstruct it without too much duplication of effort. I have started with a virgin profile and added 3 mail accounts by way of the account wizard. # One of the accounts is an iCloud (Apple) account. Thunderbird offered to add my iCloud "Reminders" to Thunderbird's calendar, but the resulting entry shows a yellow triangle with an exclamation point, which seems to mean that it cannot be synced. The corresponding iCloud mail account appears to sync without problems. What must I do to enable the "Reminders"? # I also need to import the mail from the "Local Folders" in my old profile. Under "Tools - Import", it looks as though selecting "Mail Messages" will import all mail, which will likely result in hosing my profile again. How can I import *only* the mail folders form my old "Local Folders"?

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david
david
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This response is only for your local folders question: - install the addon, importexporttools - highlight "Local Folders' - rightclick and select the importexport option to import mbox - locate and select one of the message files (NOT the msf file) and click OK - repeat above steps for each desired message folder retrieval.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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I don't think Reminders can be synced in TB, but icloud calendars and contacts can be added to TB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/17kdeft/how_to_sync_apple_reminders_to_thunderbird_tasks/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBXJKkMuXZ0

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rsbrux
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@david, I found "ImportExportTools NG" instead of "importexporttools", but it worked pretty much as you described. Some data seems to be missing, but that was to be expected. Thanks for your help!

@sfhowes, Thanks for the tip. Odd that Thunderbird would offer something that doesn't work.

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Tanya soalan

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