[ruairidh1956]

I know it might seem obvious but I just migrated Thunderbird->Outlook by the following method.

1 Open relevant folder in T'Bird

Select "All"

Right-click "Forward" (you can use the main menus to do this too, by clicking "Forward as Attachments")

Send yourself the email

Check your email in Outlook, and there is the mail with all the messages, which you can read in Outlook, save, whatever. I actually used one account to send and another to receive, but I doubt if that makes any difference. Took about 1.5 minutes all in. Blunt but effective.

T'Bird really doesn't cut the mustard for business use, I'm afraid, and the lack of adequate on-line help is only part of the problem. Anyone who has succeeded in sending multiple .jpg attachments in T'Bird without ending up with an unholy mess is doing better than I. And yes, I know email was not designed to send picture files. Nevertheless it is the de facto standard method used by graphics and publishing pros the world over, and T'Bird really should be able to get it right.

[badg3r]

Best way to export from thunderbird to Outlook express is:

Navigate to your Thunderbird profile folder, usually found in C:\Documents and Settings \ [User Name] \ Application Data \ Thunderbird \ Profiles \. Here Thunderbird stores your Inbox, Sent mail, etc as two files – one with, one without .msf extensions.

Convert these files to .eml files by downloading IMAPSize (from here http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php). Go to Tools > mbox2eml. Select the file without the extension. Choose a storage location for generated eml files and click ‘Convert’.

In Outlook Express select the local folder, such as Inbox, to which you want to import messages. Open Windows Explorer, locate the folder where you stored the new .eml files, and simply drag and drop them into the Outlook Express window.

be warned it will take a while as it does it message by message.


And to convcert the address book yiou need this utility: http://www.joshie.com/projects/dawn/download.html it does it automatically easy as pie.

Badg3r.

[noxy]

Thanks for the tips, it helped!

Too bad Thunderbird is way behind.

[vincentech]

Thanks Badg3r
I have looked aound the net and this has to be the best solution to my problem.

[logomito]

Before you get sick!
Download this free Thunderbird Exension:
smartsave_thunderbird_extension-0.1.4.2-tb.xpi
and this one: accountex-0.2.3-tb.xpi

Install and have fun, logomito