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Export Claws Mail to Thunderbird – Manual Method

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August 2, 2016

About Claws Mail:

It is free email client and is an open source which you can download from the claws mail website. It was designed as per the users need, with easy to use GUI. Well, most of the time users got confused or are unable to configure their account but it provides an easy for that. Amazing thing is you can export emails within few clicks without any headache as many of the email clients doesn’t support that. Also it provides search & filtering, security, etc.

You will be available with some extra features also like laptop LED handling, calendar, RSS Aggregator, etc. with using plugins. Being an d outdated email client user are now looking for latest email clients and want to try more features and functions as some of the user can find claws mail boring like hell.

If you are the one who wants to switch from Claws Mail to Thunderbird as you found Mozilla Thunderbird better email client than that of Claws Mail then let us tell you it is very easy method and that to without using any other software. Let us focus on “How to Export Claws Mail to Thunderbird” and before explaining all the steps some facts are required to keep in mind are discussed below first.

Claws Mail export to MBOX mailbox file for all the emails and Thunderbird also allows you to Import and Export mails in MBOX format. In Claws Mail you can easily export mailbox but in Mozilla Thunderbird you have to use the ImportExportTools add-on and you will have to install it first.

How to Install ImportExportTool?

  1. Download ImportExportTool File: Click Here
  2. Launch Mozilla Thunderbird and click on “Tools” Tab.
  3. Click on “Add-ons” and Click on “Gear icon”.
  4. In Next Step Click on Option “Install Add-on From File”

Browse the downloaded file and it will ask you to install then install the add-on and restart the Mozilla Thunderbird Application.

This tools plays all important role to export Claws Mail to Thunderbird. Now the next step is to export mails from Claws Mail and it is again noticed that Claws Mail Export to MBOX file format.

How Claws Mail Export to MBOX file?

  1. Launch Claws Mail Email Client on your Windows OS.
  2. Go to file option in Menu bar then Click on option “Export Mail to Mbox file“.
  3. Now choose the folder using browsing option you want to export from all the configured accounts as .mbox.
  4. Browse the location where you want to save the Mailbox.
  5. Give it a name as per your choice or requirement.
  6. Now Click on Save.

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Next Step is for How to Export Claws Mail to Thunderbird:

You can’t import the email in IMAP configured account you will have to import mails in local folder. Make sure you have installed the add-on properly, once you are installed with ImportExportTools follow the steps below:

  1. Right Click on Local Folders.
  2. Choose Import MBOX File option.
  3. Choose the option from the next pop-up here we have selected Import directly one or more MBOX files.
  4. Click on OK, All Mails are successfully imported.

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This is the easy way and you can effortlessly Export Claws Mail to Thunderbird. This was all about how your Claws Mail export to MBOX and then the whole process to import emails into Thunderbird.

Now the question is if you are looking to switch from Claws Mail to any other email clients like Outlook, eM Client, The Bat! Or to convert claws mail mailbox file format to other file conversion like HTML, PDF, EML, MSG, PST, etc. . For More Information check: https://www.pcvare.com/claws-mail-to-outlook.html

Similarly, if you want to convert your Mozilla Thunderbird Mails then follow the link for more information in details: https://www.pcvare.com/thunderbird-converter.html