

Its an open source email client and free to use with a large. Start Mozilla Thunderbird, and all incoming and sent messages, settings and calendar marks will be transferred to the freshly installed mail client. Thunderbird is one of my favorite e-mail applications, it can run on both macs and windows.In some cases, users want to move Thunderbird data to a new computer. accessible from your home computer (though you can make a local copy on that computer. Step 1: On your new computer, Right-Click on the Thunderbird folder and select Copy option to copy the Thunderbird Folder. Close the application without making any changes to the mail account settings.Ĭ:\Users\ UserName\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\ProfilesĪnd replace the contents of the new profile folder with files and folders from the previously created backup copy of your Thunderbird profile. The default location of the profile folder is C:UsersAppDataRoamingThunderbirdProfiles. In Thunderbird, in the left pane with your list of email folders.While staring, the application will create a new profile in the default folder Profiles (you can see the path above).
#Copy thunderbird mail to new computer install

Restoring Thunderbird Data from a Backup Copy In order to transfer a folder, go to original folder in Thunderbird, select all the messages, right-click and select Copy To and then select the corresponding. Copy the folder with the profile and save it to a convenient location (for example, disk D or an external hard disk).
