Technology How To

Importing Your Old E-mail into Outlook (Setting up IMAP account in Thunderbird)

1. Open Thunderbird
2. Go to Tools > Account Settings > click Add Account
3. Select E-mail Account
4. Enter a name and email address (@mobileumail.wfu.edu) and click Next
5. Click the radio button for IMAP and enter the server name

mobileumail.wfu.edu

6. Enter incoming user name (same as WFU Login)
7. Click Next and Finish
8. Users can now drag folders from Thunderbird/POP to Outlook/Exchange

• This process may be slow
• This process may freeze when copying folders and require the user to restart Thunderbird.

Migrate Thunderbird Address Book to Contacts

1. Open Thunderbird
2. Tools > Address Book
3. Select the Personal Address Book
4. Tools > Export
5. Save as type .csv
6. Give file a name and save to desktop
7. Open Outlook
8. Go to “Contacts”
9. File > “Import and Export”
10. Click “Import from another program or file”
11. Click “Comma Separated Values (Windows)”
12. Browse for the file
13. Select Destination “Contacts”
14. Map the fields
15. Click Okay
16. Wait until process completes