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Thunderbird in W7 as replacement for OE in an XP machine
Would it work best to setup Thunderbird on the XP computer and transfer all the folders into the Thunderbird environment first? Then download Thunderbird onto the new machine and transfer from Tbird to Tbird?
Or setup Outlook on the XP computer and transfer the OE folders into Outlook first?
Can you leave the OE on the old computer after the Tbird is set up on the new computer and receiving/sending/archiving? The purpose would be to make sure the new computer and email was working reliably before disabling the OE function. Can you just retrieve your email from your provider from either computer for the mean time? If you later have to move to another email program, can you move the Tbird archives/folders to the new program, or do you run the risk of compounding your situation?
Finally, if you begin downloading Tbird into the new computer, is this a point of no return? Do you have to find the various addresses etc., protocols, whatever, and enter them to complete the download and then you are stuck with however it emerges?
Last edited by Squidward; 01 Oct 2015 at 13:54.