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Since Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite use the same file formats, it is not difficult to move your mail, address books, and other mail-related files from Thunderbird to Mozilla Suite. The procedure below assumes you have not yet been using the Mozilla Suite for mail; if you have, then follow the instructions in [[Combining two profiles]] to merge the two profiles. | Since Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite use the same file formats, it is not difficult to move your mail, address books, and other mail-related files from Thunderbird to Mozilla Suite. The procedure below assumes you have not yet been using the Mozilla Suite for mail; if you have, then follow the instructions in [[Combining two profiles]] to merge the two profiles. | ||
# [[Profile backup|Back up]] your entire Mozilla Suite [[profile folder]] so that you can restore it later if something goes wrong. | # [[Profile backup|Back up]] your entire Mozilla Suite [[Profile folder - SeaMonkey|profile folder]] so that you can restore it later if something goes wrong. | ||
# Set up your accounts in Mozilla Suite as you did in Thunderbird. | # Set up your accounts in Mozilla Suite as you did in Thunderbird. | ||
# Shut down Mozilla Suite. | # Shut down Mozilla Suite. | ||
# In Thunderbird, move all your mail to a temporary, local folder. | # In Thunderbird, move all your mail to a temporary, local folder. | ||
# Shut down Thunderbird. | # Shut down Thunderbird. | ||
# Copy the "Mail" and "News" directories/folders from your Thunderbird [[ | # Copy the "Mail" and "News" directories/folders from your Thunderbird [[Profile folder - Thunderbird|profile]] to the corresponding location in your Mozilla Suite profile. | ||
# Start up Mozilla Suite and verify that your mail is in place. | # Start up Mozilla Suite and verify that your mail is in place. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:37, 8 June 2007
Since Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite use the same file formats, it is not difficult to move your mail, address books, and other mail-related files from Thunderbird to Mozilla Suite. The procedure below assumes you have not yet been using the Mozilla Suite for mail; if you have, then follow the instructions in Combining two profiles to merge the two profiles.
- Back up your entire Mozilla Suite profile folder so that you can restore it later if something goes wrong.
- Set up your accounts in Mozilla Suite as you did in Thunderbird.
- Shut down Mozilla Suite.
- In Thunderbird, move all your mail to a temporary, local folder.
- Shut down Thunderbird.
- Copy the "Mail" and "News" directories/folders from your Thunderbird profile to the corresponding location in your Mozilla Suite profile.
- Start up Mozilla Suite and verify that your mail is in place.
You might want to copy these files also:
- address books
- "cookies.txt", "cookperm.txt" and "hostperm.1": cookies settings/whitelist
- "msgFilterRules.dat": message filters
- "popstate.dat": keeps track of which messages have been downloaded from the server (for POP3 mail accounts)
- " training.dat": junk-mail training data
Do not copy the "prefs.js" file.