Suppose you stick with Thunderbird. Go ahead and install Thunderbird on your new computer, like you would normally do. One good source to get the newest version, would be Ninite, and there you actually can build a complete installer that will get your favorite applications onto the new computer, altogether in one turn.
After installing Thunderbird, do as follows: 1. On your old system, Open Windows Explorer. 2. Hit Alt-D, to get to the address bar. 3. Enter the following: %appdata% including the percent signs, and press Enter. 4. Scroll down to the Thunderbird folder, and copy the whole folder, by hitting Ctrl-C. 5. Point your Windows Explorer to an external drive, like a USB pen. You can for instance go to the address bar, by Alt-D, and enter things like: e: or, x: which would be the drive letter, followed by a colon, and then Enter. 6. once in the Explorer window of your external drive, press Ctrl-V, to paste the whole Thunderbird folder. Give it enough time to finishing the copying. Now, bring out your new system, and copy the Thunderbird folder, into the %appdata%-folder there. It already has such a folder, due to you already having Thunderbird installed there. So when you are asked if you want to replace the folder on your new system, make sure you answer YES to ALL such queries. Once the copying process has ended, start Thunderbird on your new computer, and enjoy. Not only will it copy all your settings, but also will have migrated your email accounts, your addressbook, and all your mails. If you have the mails sorted on your old system, they will be similarly sorted on your new computer. And your new computer will be all up-to-date, on which was the last mail you read, and so forth. In other words, you have made a true copy of all your mail setup, and can continue right from there. The process is that amazingly simple, once you have got the hook of it, that it might serve as a good way for you to make frequent and regular backups of yor mail. Should you not have an External drive, you might be able to do the same operation on a blank DVD. Or, if you have enough space on a cloud drive, you could go that route as well, though I would be careful in putting any private mails up on the cloud, no matter how temporarily. Thing is, it should be done the very same way, no matter the media you use for the transport. Hope this gave you, and others, a pointer in the right direction. I do have no idea about Thunderbird over other mail clients, but if you are used to Thunderbird, why not simply stick with what works? On 12/12/2017 5:19 PM, Carol and Roger via Talk wrote:> Hi, \ I now have my new computer. I wonder if anyone can tell me how > to backup all of my folders and email messages so I can move them. I > made a csv backup file for all of my contacts. If I move my email > messages, am I restricted to use TB or would I be able to use > Microsoft Mail? Also, which would be better for me to use? Thanks. > > Carol > > > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions > presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com> List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com . > hings _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
