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How can I find these MBOX files I keep hearing about?

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I have never used Thunderbird but need to move all emails from someone's Thunderbird account to Office365. I have found several free and paid tools that look like they will do the job but they all seem to require starting with MBOX files. I have searched the profile in %appdata% to no avail. I have installed importexportools in the addons and they only export files and folders to other formats. I don't want to buy the mbox-to-pst conversion program if I can't start with the MBOX file.

This client has dozens upon dozens of folders in Thunderbird and doing this manually will kill me because I can't figure out how to copy folders, just files, which means I will need to invest a couple hours typing if I can't find an MBOX file.

I have never used Thunderbird but need to move all emails from someone's Thunderbird account to Office365. I have found several free and paid tools that look like they will do the job but they all seem to require starting with MBOX files. I have searched the profile in %appdata% to no avail. I have installed importexportools in the addons and they only export files and folders to other formats. I don't want to buy the mbox-to-pst conversion program if I can't start with the MBOX file. This client has dozens upon dozens of folders in Thunderbird and doing this manually will kill me because I can't figure out how to copy folders, just files, which means I will need to invest a couple hours typing if I can't find an MBOX file.

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Look for files with an msf extension. Each of these is the index to an mbox file, which has the same name but no extension. So, Inbox is a mbox file and Inbox.msf is its index. You don't need the msf files but they are useful for identifying their partners.

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Look for files with an msf extension. Each of these is the index to an mbox file, which has the same name but no extension. So, Inbox is a mbox file and Inbox.msf is its index. You don't need the msf files but they are useful for identifying their partners.

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I can't believe how difficult this was to find. I have been a geek for decades and still can't believe how difficult firefox can be to use. Thanks for saving my bacon today.