How to add all mail in thunderbird

To add all emails in Thunderbird, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Import all emails from a single account

  1. Open Thunderbird and go to the "Account Settings" window by clicking on "Edit" > "Account Settings" or pressing Ctrl + Shift + E.
  2. Select the account you want to import emails from and click on the "Server Settings" button.
  3. Click on the "Advanced" tab and then click on the "Get Mail" button.
  4. Thunderbird will start downloading all emails from the server. This may take some time depending on the number of emails and the speed of your internet connection.
  5. Once the download is complete, you can view all the emails in the Thunderbird inbox.

Method 2: Import emails from multiple accounts

  1. Open Thunderbird and go to the "Account Settings" window by clicking on "Edit" > "Account Settings" or pressing Ctrl + Shift + E.
  2. Click on the "Add Mail Account" button and follow the prompts to set up each account you want to import emails from.
  3. Once you've set up each account, go to the "Account Settings" window again and select each account in turn.
  4. Click on the "Server Settings" button for each account and then click on the "Get Mail" button.
  5. Thunderbird will start downloading all emails from each server. This may take some time depending on the number of emails and the speed of your internet connection.
  6. Once the download is complete, you can view all the emails in the Thunderbird inbox.

Method 3: Import emails from a backup file

  1. If you have a backup file of your emails (e.g. a.mbox file), you can import it into Thunderbird.
  2. Go to the "File" menu and select "Open" > "Import".
  3. Select the backup file you want to import and follow the prompts to import the emails.
  4. Once the import is complete, you can view all the emails in the Thunderbird inbox.

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