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re-importing profiles /sbd files.

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A complete novice, so please keep things simple. I recently changed email host/provider and was advised to back up my existing Thunderbird profile which I did. I have now an Sbd file. I want to reinstall the profile and I have used the import prompts on Thunderbird, but I dont seem to be able to import anything.

At the moment I do not have access to previous emails, addresses etc. Please advise, thanks in advance. Stuart

A complete novice, so please keep things simple. I recently changed email host/provider and was advised to back up my existing Thunderbird profile which I did. I have now an Sbd file. I want to reinstall the profile and I have used the import prompts on Thunderbird, but I dont seem to be able to import anything. At the moment I do not have access to previous emails, addresses etc. Please advise, thanks in advance. Stuart

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I don't know what an Sbd file is. How did you back up the profile?

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Hi David Not sure how I saved them as such, I followed the instructions of a 'tech expert', but I think it was using the thunderbird export menu, although it does not look familiar when I tried today. I searched for what is an SBD. file and this is what I found

'.sbd is not a file. It is a directory where your downloaded email messages are stored in files. Each file in that directory represents an e-mail sub directory ie. Inbox, Sent or Drafts ... etc.

Each e-mail account you configure in Thunderbird will have its own .sbd directory.'

I tried Importing from this folder but I was unable to do anything. thanks for your reply.

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Okay, it sounds like the person just copied your old mail message folder, as thunderbird does have sbd folders. Since you changed email providers, I suggest you start over, creating an account with new provider. To salvage that sbd folder, you can try this: - exit thunderbird - locate your local folders folder in the profile. That is at c:\users\<yourid>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\<yourprofilename>\Mail\Local Folders - copy the sbd folder there and restart thunderbird. the folder may now be visible.

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Thanks David. I have just looked there and the profile was updated today so it may be too late to restore the lost profile. I do have data in the original SBD file I just dont know how to get it back into Thunderbird. Using a third party program I have managed to save it as a PST file but can only open this in Outlook. Can i import this to Thunderbird? thanks again.

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My earlier response explained how to get it back into Thunderbird.