Hi, Duane.
I've never actually used thunderbird's import feature to import actual 
Outlook Express mailbox files and so I won't be of much help, as far as 
first-hand experience.
However, check out this article from the Mozillazine Knowledge Base.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_from_Outlook_Express
Some of what's in there made my head spin.  However, I gather that one 
way which might work is to use Windows Live Mail to import your 
mailboxes and then Thunderbird can be used to import your email from 
WLM.  I realize this may be like going to china to get to California but 
if it works it's worth the extra hassle.

David Goldfield,


      Founder and Peer Coordinator,
Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Duane Farrar wrote:
> I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my previous query. I have 
> installed and begun using Thunderbird as my email client. So far, so 
> good.
>
> I am still trying to figure out how I can import my Outlook Express 
> folders, messages and contacts from my old XP hard drive into 
> Thunderbird on my Windows 7 system. The XP OE data is now on an 
> external drive in its original formt; i.e., I had no opportunity to 
> export the data from within OE before my XP system crashed. The Import 
> feature of Thunderbird initially does not seem to be quite 
> sophisticated enough for it to do what I need it to do, although I am 
> only just learning how to use this program.
>
> I welcome all hints, suggestions, links to technical articles, advice 
> or expressions of sympathy on how I can or cannot restore my Outlook 
> Express data on this Windows 7 computer using Thunderbird or any other 
> mail client. The data is there on the external hard drive and I am 
> hopeful there are hoops I can jump through to restore it and access it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Duane
>
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