# importing email problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527 "2004-12-01T17:38:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527/1 "2004-12-01T17:38:43Z")

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A while back I switched from outlook express to Mozilla Thunderbird. For a couple of reasons, I want to switch back. However, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to import all that mail that’s in Thunderbird into OE. There’s an import wizard in OE, but it doesn’t seem to support importing from thunderbird. I tried googling, but everything I came up with was about how to switch to thunderbird from oe (apparently, I’m trying to go the wrong way down a one way street).

Anyone know how to do this? I’m stuck.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527/2 "2004-12-01T18:35:57Z")

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Google gave me this, which explains how to export to netscape, which can be imported into Outlook Express, which can be imported into Outlook (or something like that - check the site)

[http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Thunderbird\_:](http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Thunderbird_:)_FAQs_:\_Export\_Outlook

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**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527/3 "2004-12-01T19:19:46Z")

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That worked perfectly. Convoluted enough that I never would have thought of it myself, and yet easy enough to make work on the first try. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-email-problem/277527/4 "2004-12-01T22:26:41Z")

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> [@TheFifthYear](#):
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> A while back I switched from outlook express to Mozilla Thunderbird. For a couple of reasons, I want to switch back.

I can’t imagine what these couple of reasons might be. The only thing I can think of is if an employer demands that everyone must use OE.

Care to tell us what your reasons are?