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how can I recover an email from old version (2.0 or 3.0) email file into a recent thunderbird version?

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mgarciau
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I have an old version (2.0 or 3.0) email folder/file and I need to recover some emails. I tryed to download an old version but these are not available. If I try to import to new version is not posible. How can I recover these emails? Does anybody have old version copy?

Thanks.

I have an old version (2.0 or 3.0) email folder/file and I need to recover some emails. I tryed to download an old version but these are not available. If I try to import to new version is not posible. How can I recover these emails? Does anybody have old version copy? Thanks.

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sfhowes
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If the mail file is an eml file, just drag it from the Explorer folder where it's stored and drop it into a TB folder. If it's an mbox file, import it with ImportExportTools.

http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html