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Gmail / Import email from a mailbox file for Vault recovery
Gmail / Import email from a mailbox file for Vault recovery
Objective
To provide instruction for importing and recovering old email from a mailbox file (.mbox) when:
You have recovered old email and want to import the messages into Gmail
Environment
10262: Google Mail (email e-mail)
Thunderbird 52.7.0
ImportExportTools 3.3.0
Resolution
Check your IMAP status in Gmail
In your Gmail account, click the gear icon
Select
Settings
from the drop-down
Click the
Forwarding and POP/IMAP
tab
Locate the IMAP Access section
Status should indicate that
IMAP is enabled
If it does not, click the button next to
Enable IMAP
Download and install Thunderbird
Follow this link to download Mozilla's Thunderbird mail app
Follow the prompts to install Thunderbird
Set up your Gmail account in Thunderbird
Launch Thunderbird
In the Thunderbird menu, select
Options
(or
Preferences
)
Select
Account Settings
Click
Account Actions
Select
Add
Mail Account
Enter your name, Gmail address, and Gmail password
Click
Continue
With IMAP enabled in Gmail, Thunderbird will automatically pick up your Gmail settings
Click
Create Account
Install
ImportExportTools
add-on for Thunderbird
Follow this link to download the Mozilla ImportExportTools extension utility for Thunderbird
Be sure to note where you saved the .xpi file
In the Thunderbird menu, go to
Tools
Select
Add-ons
and then select
Extensions
Click the gear icon
Select
Install Add-on From File
Navigate to the downloaded .xpi file (step 1) and click
Open
Allow a few minutes for the file to process
Click the
Install Now
button
Exit Thunderbird
Import email from the .mbox file for the label that you want to restore
Restart Thunderbird
In the navigation pane on the left, right-click
Local Folders
to deposit the .mbox file there
In the Thunderbird menu, go to
Tools
Select
Import/Export Tools
Select
Import mbox file
Select
Import directly one or more mbox files
Select
OK
Navigate to and select the folder that contains the extracted .mbox files you want to move to Thunderbird
Click
Open
to import email from the selected label
Your .mbox file will appear under
Local Folders
in the navigation pane on the left
Copy your imported email to your Gmail account
Under
Local Folders
, select the folder with the name of the label that you are importing to Gmail
Select all the email contained in the folder
Right-click the selection
Select
Copy to - <gmail_account> - <label_name>
gmail_account:
the email address of your Gmail account
label_name
: the path to the label where you want to import the restored email
All email will be imported to the selected label
Allow a few minutes for Thunderbird to import the email to Gmail
Log in to your Gmail account and navigate to the selected label to review your restored email
Notes
This Gmail Help article offers tips and quick-fix suggestions for problems you might have when importing email
This mozillaZine article covers everything you ever wanted to know about Thunderbird and Gmail
(updated 25 March 2018)
Google provides up-to-date end-user instructions and support documentation for Google's Gmail web app
Browse Google's Gmail Help site for everything you want to know about using this popular web app
Check the Google Status Dashboard for the current performance status of this service
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