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AR
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 14 Dec, 2007 9:48 pm Conversion of abook.mab and local folders from Thunderbird |
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I followed a thread about this and tried to download DAWN, but the site is not found. I had THunderbird on my old pC's HD, and when the pc died, I moved my HD contents to a new VISTA pc hd. I downloaded Thunderbird v2 and have my located my old local folders, Bookmarks, and addressbook - Unfortunately it will not open in my new PC's THunderbird, or my MS Outlook! Please HELP!?
Thanks in advance!
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PaulD
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| 14 Dec, 2007 11:18 pm |
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1. The 2nd hit in a Google Search for [ dawn outlook ] was this . One line therein says that 'Mozilla Netscape 3.0-7.0" is supported. The download link appears to work.
The thread title is "Conversion of abook.mab and local folders from Thunderbird"
2. "Conversion ... from Thunderbird" --- to what? Are you desiring to convert to Outlook?
"I ... have ... located my old local folders, Bookmarks, and addressbook"
3. "local folders" --- means your mail folders? How many mail folders are involved?
4. Bookmarks --- in Thunderbird?
"Unfortunately it will not open in my new PC's THunderbird"
5. What is the 'it' that will not open?
6. What does 'will not open' mean? What does occur when you start Thunderbird?
7. Assuming that the old PC was XP, did you properly adjust for the revised Profile location in Vista? See these three Mozillazine articles:
Profile folder - Thunderbird
Profile backup
Moving your profile folder
8. Do the Account Settings correctly point to the Local Folders?
"or my MS Outlook!" --- No, it wouldn't. The Microsoft structure is more complex and obscure (at least to me) than the structures in the Mozilla-related products.
"Please HELP!" --- Hello, AR. We'll try to help with the Thunderbird-related information.
edited to clear a typo
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AR
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| 14 Dec, 2007 11:42 pm ABook.mab |
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| PaulD wrote: |  1. The 2nd hit in a Google Search for [ dawn outlook ] was this. One line therein says that 'Mozilla Netscape 3.0-7.0" is supported. The download link appears to work.  |
**Thanks Paul - that worked!**
| Quote: | The thread title is "Conversion of abook.mab and local folders from Thunderbird"
2. "Conversion ... from Thunderbird" --- to what? Are you desiring to convert to Outlook? |
**I actually want my old Abook to be available within my new THunderbird, and my new Outlook. Conversion to ldif format will allow for import to either right?**
| Quote: | "I ... have ... located my old local folders, Bookmarks, and addressbook"
3. "local folders" --- means your mail folders? How many mail folders are involved? |
**Yes, 15 of them**
| Quote: | | 4. Bookmarks --- in Thunderbird? |
**This miraculously worked in Firefox carried over from my previous HD recovered files!**
| Quote: | "Unfortunately it will not open in my new PC's THunderbird"
5. What is the 'it' that will not open? |
**"IT" is my mail folders and my address book**
| Quote: | | 6. What does 'will not open' mean? What does occur when you start Thunderbird? |
**I see LOCAL Mail (folder) listed - and I see the weird file name below that with my profile and folders from my old HD still in the Local mail area - but I can't access them. I see the folders listed but can't open them**
**Yes I did**
| Quote: | | 8. Do the Account Settings correctly point to the Local Folders? |
**Yes - see above response to #6**
| Quote: | | "or my MS Outlook!" --- No, it wouldn't. The Microsoft structure is more complex and obscure (at least to me) than the structures in the Mozilla-related products. |
**I'll be happy to see them from within TBird**
| Quote: | | "Please HELP!" --- Hello, AR. We'll try to help with the Thunderbird-related information. |
**Thank you- I truly apprecaite your patience!**
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Ramona
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| 15 Dec, 2007 1:09 pm |
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| AR wrote: | I have successfully imported my Personal address book into my new THunderbird mail. However, when I try to address using my addressbook, nothing populates or even shows up as options in my TBird compose window?
Any suggestions? |
Click on Tools | Options | Composition | Addressing Tab
Have you enabled: When addressing messages, look for matching entries in:
Local Address Book
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AR
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| 15 Dec, 2007 2:11 pm Conversion of abook.mab and local folders from Thunderbird |
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Hi Ramona,
I went int and chose the ddressing option earlier - but it only showed me the drop downoption to pick Glbl LDAp book. Is there an "ADD" area wher I can point it to my personal Add Book?
Thx for your kindness!
AR
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Fulvio
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| 15 Dec, 2007 6:12 pm Re: Conversion of abook.mab and local folders from Thunderbi |
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| AR wrote: | Hi Ramona,
I went int and chose the ddressing option earlier - but it only showed me the drop downoption to pick Glbl LDAp book. Is there an "ADD" area wher I can point it to my personal Add Book?
Thx for your kindness!
AR |
I never saw anything like that. I have four address books in the dropdown. 1.Collected Addresses, 2.Personal AB. These should be present in any TB profile. In addition, I have two imported ABs, from other programs.
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"I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards."
WinXP, SP3, 512 MB, 3.0.15 regular, 3.5.5 regular and portable , TB2.0.0.23, Flock2.5.2, IE8.0, SM2.0, Google Chrome2.0.x, Safari4.0.4, Zone Alarm; AVG9.0, JRE1.6_17 |
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AR
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| 15 Dec, 2007 6:20 pm Abook.Mab issues |
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Hmm! Did I mention I am using TBird v 2?
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AR
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| 15 Dec, 2007 6:27 pm Abook issues |
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Ramona,
I do see all my address books just like you mentioned in the left address navbar. However, when I start to type in either the "nickname" or the first few letters of the name I want int heto area, it doies not suggest names from any of my addressbooks. I've been a long-time NS user (and then later Mozilla, and recently TBird) - I've never seen anything like this..??!
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AR
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| 16 Dec, 2007 10:22 am abook.mab |
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DUHH!!
I opened the adrsbook and found that when DAWN converted my old abook.mab, to CSV,a nd I imported into TBIRD 2 , it placed my contacts' email addrersses in the wrong field. SO the To field was pretending there was no email addresses for nay contacts.
I manually moved these tot he right fields and now they all work fine!
Any ideas on how I can access my old Local Mail FOlders in the TBird2 (my profile name is still the same - I have my old files in my TBird folder - but I cant access them)
Thanks again!
AR
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Fulvio
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| 16 Dec, 2007 11:46 am |
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You should have Local Mail folders only if you used Global Settings to set up your mail.
If you copied/pasted the account folder contents and also did the same of your Local Folders contents, you should be ok.
But, most important, if you go to your server settings, are they pointing to the correct folder: Local Directory (browse button). The fact that you have Local folders means nothing, because all accounts have them. Are you seeing anything in Local Folders in Windows Explorer?
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"I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards."
WinXP, SP3, 512 MB, 3.0.15 regular, 3.5.5 regular and portable , TB2.0.0.23, Flock2.5.2, IE8.0, SM2.0, Google Chrome2.0.x, Safari4.0.4, Zone Alarm; AVG9.0, JRE1.6_17 |
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AR
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| 16 Dec, 2007 3:32 pm |
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| Fulvio wrote: | You should have Local Mail folders only if you used Global Settings to set up your mail.
If you copied/pasted the account folder contents and also did the same of your Local Folders contents, you should be ok.
But, most important, if you go to your server settings, are they pointing to the correct folder: Local Directory (browse button). The fact that you have Local folders means nothing, because all accounts have them. Are you seeing anything in Local Folders in Windows Explorer? |
***Hi there1 - Yes I can see all my folders names when I Explore. But I can't open it via TB2..
AR
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Fulvio
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| 16 Dec, 2007 5:29 pm |
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I did not say if you see the names. I said: | Quote: | | Are you seeing anything in Local Folders |
, namely, do you have any files in these folders. Assuming that there are files in them, or even folders, are they in their correct path for TB. In Vista, the path should be:
Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\xxxxxx.default\Mail\accountname
Depending on the set up the accountname folder may have a Local Folders folder, as well as some files. Does it ring any bells.
I don't have Vista, so I can't verify anything. If you can't find anything there, but it is elsewhere, then you will have to set up your mail, and then Copy the files without the .msf extention, and paste them in the proper place.
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"I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards."
WinXP, SP3, 512 MB, 3.0.15 regular, 3.5.5 regular and portable , TB2.0.0.23, Flock2.5.2, IE8.0, SM2.0, Google Chrome2.0.x, Safari4.0.4, Zone Alarm; AVG9.0, JRE1.6_17 |
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Ramona
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| 18 Dec, 2007 12:39 am |
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AR,
Here is a guideline for moving the files with your mail in them, to the appropriate accountname folder: Transfer Netscape/Mozilla Mail Files
Altho originally written for Netscape and Mozilla, it will also apply to Thunderbird.
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