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| Thread ID: 140205 | 2015-09-04 00:28:00 | Importing old Thunderbird data into new profile without losing new data | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 1407903 | 2015-09-04 00:28:00 | Got a situation where Thunderbird is setup and working, but there is a whole old Thunderbird database that I want to import (just for the addresses and mail data), but not the standard 'overwrite the profile folder' method, I want to import the data into the current profile. I'm not a Thunderbird user, and have done some research but haven't been able to find a method of doing this - it seems like it should be a simple thing. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. Thanks! |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1407904 | 2015-09-04 07:46:00 | I have two Thunderbird launch profiles on the desktop. One is the plain .exe, the other has a -profile switch for emails prior to my last re-install on 150223: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -profile "C:\Users\MichaelJF\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profi les\Old Profile - up to 150223\tfcxgx6i.default" (space after -profile) (I don't know how to merge two profiles) |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1407905 | 2015-09-04 21:36:00 | I think you can't like that. What you could do is backup the current contacts, the current mail (not via profile) - use a manual method. Then import your old profile, then add the current data and contacts back. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1407906 | 2015-09-06 22:17:00 | OK, thanks guys. Never realized Thunderbird wasn't able to do that. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1407907 | 2015-09-07 00:06:00 | kb.mozillazine.org is where I'd start. |
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