Thunderbird question - seems to be solved

[Phil]

On 28/09/16 15:42, Avi Schwartz wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com
> <mailto:phil_lor at bigpond.com>> wrote:
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>     Thank you for reading this and while my question may be considered off
>     topic I hope someone may be able to provide an answer.
>
>     My ISP has changed it's mail server from POP to IMAP. If I delete my POP
>     account within Thunderbird that will also delete all of me e-mails as
>     well. So my question is, how do I restore my old e-mails to my new
>     account?
>
>     A Google search hasn't helped and I have tried copying from my backup
>     into the newly created Thunderbird folders without success.
>
>     --
>     Regards,
>     Phil
>
>
> I'd try to create create a 2nd account in Thunderbird using the new IMAP
> settings and then drag and drop the emails from the old POP account to
> the new IMAP account. I have done something similar when I moved from
> one IMAP account to another IMAP account in a different ISP.
>

Thank you Avi, Karl and Achbarrr,

I was called away shortly after posting my question and while away I 
realised how I could solve the problem. The files cannot be dragged from 
the old account to the new account but they can be moved from a 
right-click menu item. I have about fifteen years of archived e-mails, a 
bit more culling is needed, and it is an extremely slow process but it 
seems to be working.

-- 
Regards,
Phil