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Import Google Takeout .MBOX file

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Courtney Johnson
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I followed all of the appropriate steps including downloading the add-on to try and upload my .mbox google takeout folder. However, when I go to upload it, my computer won't let me select the folder. What should I do?

The old email account is from when I was in grad school and I no longer have access to this email. I'm really hoping to open it to pull out some important info.

I followed all of the appropriate steps including downloading the add-on to try and upload my .mbox google takeout folder. However, when I go to upload it, my computer won't let me select the folder. What should I do? The old email account is from when I was in grad school and I no longer have access to this email. I'm really hoping to open it to pull out some important info.
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the simple way is to use the importexporttools-ng addon. - after installing, click 'Local Folders', rightclick and create a new empty folder - next, highight the folder, rightclick and select the importexport menu item to import mbox and then select your file and click ok.

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the simple way is to use the importexporttools-ng addon. - after installing, click 'Local Folders', rightclick and create a new empty folder - next, highight the folder, rightclick and select the importexport menu item to import mbox and then select your file and click ok.

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