Bewertet mit 5 von 5 Sternen

von John Corliss am Juni 24, 2026 ·

I'm still going to give this extension a 5 because of it's functions and the great way it's maintained. However, when I went to update it to the latest version after updating Thunderbird to ver. 152.0, I got this warning from TB:
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Add ImportExportTools NG

New required permissions:
• This add-on will have full, unrestricted access to
Thunderbird, and your computer.

Malicious add-ons can steal your private information or
compromise your computer. Only install this add-on if you trust
the source.

Learn more
[Update] [Cancel]
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My guess is that this isn't a concern unless you back up your email while online. If you're offline, then no problem. And Christopher, I know that you're on the level too.

Diese Bewertung wurde für eine vorherige Version des Add-ons (15.0.0) abgegeben. 

Bewertet mit 5 von 5 Sternen

von John Corliss am Sept. 25, 2025 ·

I've been using this extension for a long time and it works great for backing up my emails so that I can then delete the originals in Thunderbird. Christopher is alway quick to update the extension whenever there's a compatibility issue after a TB update. I really appreciate his work on this great tool. In fact, I think the TB developers should consider making it a part of the program.

Diese Bewertung wurde für eine vorherige Version des Add-ons (14.1.14) abgegeben. 

von Christopher Leidigh (Entwickler) am Sept. 25, 2025 ·

John
version 14.1.14 was already released supporting Thunderbird v140-v144. ATN is not showing the latest version though you should have gotten the auto update.
You can download from ATN here:
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/versions/

In the future please post an issue versus a negative review.
Thanks
Christopher

Bewertet mit 5 von 5 Sternen

von John Corliss am Dez. 1, 2023 ·

Great extension. Only one problem I ran into was when I tried to export my archives folder using the "Export folder with subfolders (with structure)" option. What resulted was correctly structured, but the bulk of the subfolders didn't have the .sbd extension. In fact, they didn't have any extension at all, so I was unable to use them to put anything in.

Diese Bewertung wurde für eine vorherige Version des Add-ons (14.0.1) abgegeben. 

von Christopher Leidigh (Entwickler) am Dez. 2, 2023 ·

John
Thanks for the nice review!
The sbd is the container folder for subfolders. All the files without an extension are mbox files with the actual messages.
I would certainly like to help if there is any confusion or problems.
Can you post an issue in the github help repository?
https://github.com/thunderbird/import-export-tools-ng/issues
Christopher