Thunderbird E-Mail File Merge

jfko6 · 09-18-2008, 05:36 AM

Thunderbird was playing-- Can you find the disappearing e-mail on my computer? All my e-mail files and folders suddenly disappeared; not gone completely just resided somewhere else on my computer. After fidgeting with the Account Settings I now have at least two Inbox folders with data, maybe more. Eventually, I was able to rebuild the folders and some files. But what I got back after the rebuild was mostly incomplete. E-Mails were old and folders were not all the ones I created in the past.

[Procedure Needed]
Need to merge inbox.msf files and inbox.sbd files created by thunderbird into one unique file. How do you rebuild and merge an e-mail file and migrate it back into the Thunderbird e-mail client?

In other words, how do you parse two separate e-mail files belonging to Thunderbird and merge into one unique file i.e. combine them?

Which files belong to Thunderbird (.msf) or (.spd) ?

I have at least two separate e-mail (Inbox) files that Thunderbird can read but are in different places on my computer. I need to assemble one file and read it.

Assuming I have the correct file extensions, if not, please correct.

Thanks for your response.

09-18-2008, 05:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
jfko6 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP Home	Thunderbird E-Mail File Merge Thunderbird was playing-- Can you find the disappearing e-mail on my computer? All my e-mail files and folders suddenly disappeared; not gone completely just resided somewhere else on my computer. After fidgeting with the Account Settings I now have at least two Inbox folders with data, maybe more. Eventually, I was able to rebuild the folders and some files. But what I got back after the rebuild was mostly incomplete. E-Mails were old and folders were not all the ones I created in the past. [Procedure Needed] Need to merge inbox.msf files and inbox.sbd files created by thunderbird into one unique file. How do you rebuild and merge an e-mail file and migrate it back into the Thunderbird e-mail client? In other words, how do you parse two separate e-mail files belonging to Thunderbird and merge into one unique file i.e. combine them? Which files belong to Thunderbird (.msf) or (.spd) ? I have at least two separate e-mail (Inbox) files that Thunderbird can read but are in different places on my computer. I need to assemble one file and read it. Assuming I have the correct file extensions, if not, please correct. Thanks for your response.