Importing address book and mail in Thunderbird

[max]

Jim wrote:
> I did a clean install of FC8 on PC which had FC6 before, I saved the old 
> .thunderbird folder from FC6.
> How do I use the "Import" tool in thunderbird, FC8 to import the old  
> FC6  thunderbird  mail ,  address book ?
> I physically moved the old address book into the FC8 thunderbird and it 
> wouldn't accept that. 


Remember to restart thunderbird after an update. I just tried it and it 
didn't work but then I remembered that thunderbird had some updates. 
Restart thunderbird ,or log out and back in, after updates.

Tools-->Import

Usually that works but if you never exported the address book it may not 
work. There is a file in the thunderbird folder (at least on F8) called 
abook.mab ,it is a text file, it looks like the address book, copy your 
old one, from fc6, into the thunderbird folder but save the  one that is 
already there with a different name,like abook.mab.old, first so you can 
put it back if it doesn't work out. Just a couple of suggestions.....at 
your own risk !


Max