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How do I copy e-mails saved to DVD back to Thunderbird?

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SandySmith
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I had to save my e-mails to dvd so I could format my computer - how do I get them back on my computer?

I had to save my e-mails to dvd so I could format my computer - how do I get them back on my computer?

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Matt
Matt
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how did you get them on a DVD in the first place? How they got there has a lot to do with how to get them back.

SandySmith
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selected them from Thunderbird and did "save as" and put them on the DVD.

Zenos
Zenos
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So they are .eml files?

Copy them to the HDD. Then use this add-on:

https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html

to import them.