How do I migrate data from Outlook 2007 to Thunderbird?

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2013-12
  • therest

    I'm trying to migrate from Outlook 2007 to Thunderbird 7, and I'm stuck with moving my messages/folders.

    What I'm supposed to do is: In Thunderbird, Tools → Import, and choose Outlook (2007), but it isn't there. The only option is Outlook Express, which I never used.

    My primary mail client is set to Outlook 2007. I'm on Windows XP, 64 Bit.

  • Answers
  • Paul

    Do you have access to an IMAP server? The easiest way may be to copy your emails from Outlook to an IMAP server, then use thunderbird to access the same IMAP server.

    Alternatively, if you have Outlook Express installed, you can import the emails into OE first then into thunderbird.


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