Hi Sam,
I'm afraid I have another question.
I want to import my Contacts from Windows Live Mail into
Thunderbird.
From the Googling I have done so far, it looks like I have to
install another add-on to do that.
If I'm not mistaken, when I click the link to this add-on, called
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook
I have to pay for it. There's a PayPal button at the top of the
page.
Do I really have to pay for an add-on to get my Contacts into
Thunderbird?
I hope you'll tell me it ain't so! <smile>
It isn't as though I want everything for free, but importing
Contacts from one email to another seems like it should be a part
of the email program already.
Thanks much.
Evan
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On 7/5/2020 6:37 PM, Sam Taylor wrote:
Hi Evan,
Thunderbird updates itself, and you are running the same
version as I am, which is the latest.
You may not have downloaded the latest version of the add-on.
The add-on below is from the official Thunderbird addons
repository and claims it will work with versions between 60x and
70x:
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/
Good luck
Sam
On 6/07/2020 7:49 am, Evan Reese
wrote:
Hey
Guys,
I had some major problems with the unsupported Windows Live
Mail, so I dumped it and got Thunderbird.
I've gotten it working pretty well so far, but I am having some
issues with it.
The main one is that I cannot import my messages from Windows
Live Mail.
I found some instructions, but they do not seem to apply to my
version of Thunderbird.
I was told to export the WLM messages in .eml format, which I
did.
Then create a new folder in my Thunderbird Local Folders section
and then select it, which I also did.
Then, I was told to right click on that folder and find Import
Export Tools. But that option isn't in my Context menu.
So I went out to Google and found an add-on called Import Export
Tools and downloaded it.
I couldn't figure out where to put it, and the page where the
file was located didn't tell me, so I once again went to Google
and looked up how to install an add-on from a file. I followed
the instructions and was told that the add-on was incompatible
with my version of Thunderbird, version 68.10.1. Apparently,
there are newer versions of Thunderbird. I wasn't aware that I
was getting an older version when I got it a couple weeks ago.
I'm using a Windows 7 laptop, which I hope to replace in the not
too distant future, but I'd like to get my old WLM messages
imported before then.
A related problem is that I do not see any way to update
Thunderbird in any of the menus.
So you can see, I need a bit of help. <smile>
I'm not sure how old this program is, so perhaps it's not quite
ready for prime time yet. Surely, importing messages from other
email clients is a pretty basic function that I shouldn't need
an add-on to get, shouldn't it?
Oh, I did try to import from the Tools menu, but that didn't
work. I only get two choices in there, Becky and Outlook.
Neither one of those works.
Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks.
Evan