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I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this:

I have a considerable number of email messages, saved as eml files,
rescued from a now-defunct PC and now in a "Rescued emails" folder on my
new desktop machine.

I'd like to add these messages to various folders in Thunderbird
(v128.9.1) on my new PC, and I know that I can do this by simply
dragging and dropping (or presumably cutting and pasting, though I
haven't tried that yet).

Unfortunately the listed files all have names on the lines of 64361245-00000027.eml which means the only way I can identify them is by opening them one at a time and then moving them to their appropriate new homes. This is going to be a lengthy and laborious task.

I've looked for an offline eml reader which lists messages using the
actual headings and maybe other details, but I haven't had any success.
Does anyone know if such a utility exists?

Many thanks.

Bert


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On 25/09/2026 18:37, BertCoules wrote:

I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this:

I have a considerable number of email messages, saved as eml files,
rescued from a now-defunct PC and now in a "Rescued emails" folder on my
new desktop machine.

I'd like to add these messages to various folders in Thunderbird
(v128.9.1) on my new PC, and I know that I can do this by simply
dragging and dropping (or presumably cutting and pasting, though I
haven't tried that yet).

Unfortunately the listed files all have names on the lines of 64361245-00000027.eml which means the only way I can identify them is by opening them one at a time and then moving them to their appropriate new homes.-a This is going to be a lengthy and laborious task.

I've looked for an offline eml reader which lists messages using the
actual headings and maybe other details, but I haven't had any success.
Does anyone know if such a utility exists?

Many thanks.

Might be worth looking at the TB add-on called: ImportExportTools NG
That claims to import eml files.
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Cheers,

John.

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On 25/09/2026 20:21, John Rumm wrote:

Might be worth looking at the TB add-on called: ImportExportTools NG
That claims to import eml files.

Thanks for that. I'll have a proper search tomorrow but a quick look
tonight didn't turn up a version that's compatible with my Thunderbird 128.9.1.

Is my installation startlingly out of date?

Bert

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On 25/09/2026 23:20, BertCoules wrote:

On 25/09/2026 20:21, John Rumm wrote:

Might be worth looking at the TB add-on called: ImportExportTools NG
That claims to import eml files.

Thanks for that. I'll have a proper search tomorrow but a quick look
tonight didn't turn up a version that's compatible with my Thunderbird 128.9.1.

Is my installation startlingly out of date?

Yup...

Even the ESR version is up to 153.2.0
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Cheers,

John.

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On 25/09/2026 23:28, John Rumm wrote:

Is my installation startlingly out of date?

Yup...
Even the ESR version is up to 153.2.0

Thanks. My version offers the option to "update to 128.14 Oesr". Should
I do that and then update again (and again, etc?) or can I get
completely up to date in one swoop?

Bert

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BertCoules <mail@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote:

On 25/09/2026 23:28, John Rumm wrote:

Is my installation startlingly out of date?

Yup...
Even the ESR version is up to 153.2.0

Thanks. My version offers the option to "update to 128.14 Oesr". Should
I do that and then update again (and again, etc?) or can I get
completely up to date in one swoop?

Are you on an old version of Windows (or MacOS or whatever)?

Theo
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Theo wrote:

BertCoules wrote:

My version offers the option to "update to 128.14 Oesr".

Are you on an old version of Windows (or MacOS or whatever)?

Shouldn't be ... only TB 115esr supports pre-Win10
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On 26/09/2026 11:08, John Rumm wrote:

Yup, some version upgrades are better done in sequence. So upgrade, and
then check and upgrade again if required. Rinse and repeat!

After three (or was it four? I lost count) sequential upgrades I've
arrived at version 153.3.1 esr, which is reported as the latest. Now to
check out ImportExportTools NG...


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On 26/09/2026 16:09, Theo wrote:

Are you on an old version of Windows (or MacOS or whatever)?

Windows 10. The Thunderbird update to the latest version seems to gone
without a hitch.
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On 26/09/2026 11:08, John Rumm wrote:

Yup, some version upgrades are better done in sequence. So upgrade,

and then check and upgrade again if required. Rinse and repeat!

Thanks!

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Thanks to everyone for the comments. The import/export add-on, though
very comprehensive, didn't cover exactly what I was doing, so in the end
I moved everything manually and then went through each folder deleting
any duplicates.

There was probably a better and more efficient way to achieve the same
ends, but it wasn't too laborious.
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On 30/09/2026 09:25, BertCoules wrote:

Thanks to everyone for the comments. The import/export add-on, though
very comprehensive, didn't cover exactly what I was doing, so in the end
I moved everything manually and then went through each folder deleting
any duplicates.

There was probably a better and more efficient way to achieve the same
ends, but it wasn't too laborious.

So many times in my life I have spent more time looking for short cuts
than I spent on doing it the manual way.
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on
its shoes.

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