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tl;dr: How can I import Outlook 2013 messages into Thunderbird?

Background: I used Outlook Express until Microsoft killed it, and have used Outlook 2013 since. Now Microsoft has forced me to abandon that due to Oauth2 not being supported, so I am looking for a replacement.

Thunderbird seems to be a recommended solution, but despite poking around in the community forums and help files, I am not finding straightforward answers to my questions on the current platform. (Side note: I have been using Firefox since it was Phoenix and then Firebird, and then Firefox, but never really used Thunderbird.)

I found and attempted to follow the instructions for import here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-import but it must not work with older versions of Outlook, as I got a message saying "No profile found." (I ran it under the same user, an admin, that has the Outlook 2013 installed, so I don't know where it is looking for that profile). Import from a file doesn't give the option to use the Outlook file types.

So, given that, how can I import my email and address book from Outlook 2013?

Thanks in advance!

Even though Thunderbird is not my default email client, when I create an email out of my Access database, Thunderbird intercepts the outgoing email and loads instead of Outlook. If I uninstall Thunderbird, Outlook opens as usual.

Whenever I click away from the write window while writing a reply, the window gets closed, not minimized, and the email is sometimes saved as a draft. I'm not sure how to fix this, I'm using Thunderbird 128.4.3esr for Arch Linux.

I have a problem with receiving POP3 and sending SMTP emails, but it only concerns the Onet (onet.pl and onet.eu) server. All POP3 and SMTP settings are correct, verified. The problem appeared a few days ago, probably after an update. The problem with receiving is when I receive emails in bulk from all accounts by clicking the Download button (Download new messages for all accounts). They are downloaded from all servers, except Onet. This problem does not occur if I download messages from Onet by clicking in the menu File/Download messages from/account name. The problem with sending messages appears when after writing an email I click the Send button (Send this message). There is no problem if I click the File menu/Send later, and then in the Outgoing folder I click Send pending messages. Can anyone help me to solve this problem?

I am sending emails but they dont appear in the Sent folder. I have changed no settings. They used to go to the Sent folder but have stopped. All my settings are correct but the Sent folder is not being populated. Whats wrong?

Hello, Since the Oauth2 security from Microsoft, I can't send messages anymore from thunderbird with an outlook adress (but I can receive messages after following instructions) I followed rigourously the instructions from Microsoft and Thunderbird on this two pages : https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/office/param%C3%A8tres-pop-imap-et-smtp-pour-outlook-com-d088b986-291d-42b8-9564-9c414e2aa040 https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/microsoft-oauth-authentification-thunderbird (These are pages in french because I'm French hence my poor english (sorry for that)) And tried every solution (for instance, the smtp server advised is not the same for Microsoft and Thunderbird, of course I tried both many times)

Thanks for your answers Michel

Hi, i received a mail with an attached eml-file, which afaik is standard hunderbild email format. It's not possible to open the attached file. Androud suggest a bunch of apps installed on my device but none of them is a mail client. How to open eml with K9/TB? If not allready possible pls implement an eml-viewer. Thank you!

Yesterday I was unable to receive or send e:mails. Thought they fixed it, waited until morning to check in.

My e:mail ([edited] @gmail.com) was just fine on my lap top, but when I looked on my desktop, it was just the same. Can't send or receive e:mails there.

What's the problem now?

[edited phone# from public community support forum] landline

Thunderbird is not downloading messages from any of the accounts and it does not save sent messages When clicking on get messagers from any of the accounts at the bottom where i usualy see the activity, all i see is "connected to the account" but no activity. When writing and sending a message, it sends but it does not save the message in the send folder When trying to save a message in "Draft" folder it does not. I get no error messages either.

I closed and re-open aplication - it made no difference I rebooted the computer - it made mo difference

Please help

Running version 128.4.3esr (64-bit) on Windows 11 Home

Wife had to get a new PC. Thunderbolt won't connect to the server. All the connect info is same as mine, confirmed. The provider confirmed her accouont works by sending message to their webmail. She got it ok on their webmail, but nothing on her PC

I checked out multiple Support/forum posts first, but I found no matches, nor could I find this in the interface.

I just switched to Thunderbird yesterday, due to Microsoft's continually pushing their awful, new Outlook. I'm generally pleased, although I was stunned this morning to find that (when multiple messages are selected on my Android phone) there's no option on any of the More/... menus to Move/Refile all of them at once, if they're going to the same folder. I set one of my swipe actions to Move, but that only works for the individual email I'm swiping on.

Apparently, I have to move every single one separately, which is a pain if you're moving more than one or two. If there's no such option that I missed spotting, *PLEASE* add this to your road map ASAP, since it's a very basic feature to still be missing, for as long as Thunderbird has been around! All essential functions a user can do with one message must be available with multiple ones. Thanks!

While there are over 90 emails on the Comcast server so far this morning, only 1 has been downloaded. I tried repairing the folders but no change. While I can save chunks of email on the server, my import of a zip file of them is not working. This has continued to be a problem for over 48 hours. I am using Thunderbird 128.4.3 under Windows 11 Pro 23H2.

I can see notifications of emails downloading from the server but nothing is posted on my machine. This process repeats each time I start up Thunderbird but no new emails are accessible, either from Comcast or Gmail. Emails are coming in fine on my iPhone but not on to my ThinkPad where I download and store them off the Comcast server.

Two days ago there were thousands of past emails on the server going back to earlier this year but they are all gone now. I have found it impossible to access Comcast's technical support for their help in solving this problem.

11/17/24 It took 3 days but rebuilding of the global-messages database has finished at 6.7 Gbytes. Unfortunately, no change and the Comcast server is filling up.

Any suggestions?

Thank you for your consideration

I edited All Contacts in Thunderbird and Outlook address books, but I still see obsolete autocomplete email addresses when composing email in TB 128.4.3esr running on Windows 11 laptop. What is the solution to find and remove where all autocomplete info resides?

Long time user of desktop version and recently loaded mobile version on my phone. There are two issues:

1- emails are not syncing between the mobile and desktop app. I have tried all of the solutions suggested in troubleshooting. 2-I am not receiving notifications on the mobile app unless I open the app. I want to get audible notifications and show the corresponding number of emails pending (until read) on the app icon, like Bluemail does.

been running thunderbird beta for a while, regularily updating to latest beta

today started thunderbird and had the new setup popup

tried starting using thunderbird.exe -p and creating new profile then starting import wizard and pointing it to my original profile, import works, but again just get the new setup screen on restart

checked my profile, contains over 3gb of data, all files intact, i have almost a dozen acccunts setup in it from various providers

ver odd, any ideas please?

thanks