Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Thunderbird MSF file transfer

Ray Hurley
Ray Hurley
more options

My Thunderbird account is POP3 I backed it up, but there were issues with my PC Win 10 I could only find the MSF files in the backup. I had to reinstall Thunderbird and now need to copy these MSF files into the new Thunderbird. I found a programme called TOURG. it only helped me confirm that all the MSF folders are in tact. It did't help in copying the MSF files. Can you help

My Thunderbird account is POP3 I backed it up, but there were issues with my PC Win 10 I could only find the MSF files in the backup. I had to reinstall Thunderbird and now need to copy these MSF files into the new Thunderbird. I found a programme called TOURG. it only helped me confirm that all the MSF folders are in tact. It did't help in copying the MSF files. Can you help
Attached screenshots

All Replies (2)

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

You need the corresponding mbox file(s) that matches to the .msf file(s). The .msf file only has an index to messages in the mbox file.

Helpful?

Ray Hurley
Ray Hurley Question owner
more options

Yes I see every MSF file is accompanied by a "plain" File so to speak. But as you can from the screenshot both files have data in them. In fact the plain File has a larger size than the MSF file. Surely this plain File must be holding the information I am after.

Helpful?

Ask a question

You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.