windows live mail convert to thunderbird

WINDOWS LIVE MAIL CONVERT TO THUNDERBIRD HOW TO
WINDOWS LIVE MAIL CONVERT TO THUNDERBIRD INSTALL

When I looked at it today it was suddenly an active choice. eml files option was not an active choice (I even tried rebooting my computer). Interestingly, yesterday I downloaded the ImportExport Tools but I couldn't get it to work - the import. Could someone please explain how this is to be done. If I choose messages, my choices of 'the format' to 'export e-mail to' are 'Microsoft Exchange' and 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail.' Clearly this is not the correct way to do this.

When I go into Windows Live Mail and choose export under the 'File' menu, my choices are: 'Messages.' or 'Account.' (addresses is not an option).

WINDOWS LIVE MAIL CONVERT TO THUNDERBIRD HOW TO

No one has explained how to export the 'addresses' to a. Thank your for your response but unfortunately I am still confused. I should be most grateful to have more detailed instructions on: It has been very successful except that I have completely failed to put my address book records into the Personal Address Book. You will need to close and reopen Thunderbird to complete the install. Then, in Thunderbird, go to Tools->Addons->Extensions tab->click on the 'Install' button. Right click the download link on the extension's home page and choose 'Save Link As.'.

WINDOWS LIVE MAIL CONVERT TO THUNDERBIRD INSTALL

To install a Thunderbird extension do the following: Finally, move or copy the data from the latest import to the Personal Address Book. If it is, you can delete the address book created by the first import attempt and delete the records from the Personal Address Book. Open an contact record from the newly created address book in Thunderbird to confirm that the email address field is properly populated. Save the data back to CSV format and import that to Thunderbird.

If necessary, reorder the columns in the file from which you intend to import so that it matches the order of those in the export from Thunderbird. Load the exported file into Excel (or some other spreadsheet program) and do the same with the data file from which you previously exported from Win Mail. Click on the name of the new address book, then use menu path Tools->Export->Address Books->give the output a name and select 'save as type' Comma Separated (CSV). Next, manually create at least one record in the Personal Address Book in Thunderbird, then export the data from that address book. To import the address data, export the address data in Win Mail to a CSV format file. You can import these message files with ImportExportTools extension. Windows Live Mail stores it's messages in the. If you have been trying to use the import option for Outlook Express, that would explain why it has not been working. Windows Live Mail was released by Microsoft AFTER Thunderbird 2.x was released so there is no direct import facility in Thunderbird 2.x that is intended to work with Win Mail.

Windows live mail convert to thunderbird