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Reviews for ImportExportTools NG
210 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works fine with TB 68. Thank you for continuing Paolo's excellent work.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Spatenpauli
Thanks for the review, happy new year!
doing my best to keep up the work, some issues with 68
glad things are working for you
Christopher
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Won't install under the TB version I use currently - 72.0b2. It doesn't have a way to install addons from *.xpi files
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).milesrf
Thanks for the review, happy new year!
Right now 4.0.4 is only meant to be compatible with 60-69 current releases (shown in the header)
I am currently still working on various issues for 68.
72 is beta leading up to 78 ESR. That will require major changes.
Christopher
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very glad this extension is continuing. However, I can't seem to find a way to export to .CSV and have the message come as plain text instead of HTML. I used to use this in a workflow and now cannot find out how to repeat the export format i used to use.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).TJ
Happy New Years!
Thanks for the review. Fortunately I already have a beta for this issue. If you wish you can download the beta file.
See the prior issue, the beta pointer is at the end.
https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/issues/23
Christopher
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Hello,
obviously I misunderstood.
The point was that I am not sure what to choose because of the many options. Here less would be more and a help would be necessary.
Up to now I secure my Thunderbird with the old MozBackup, unfortunately this is not being developed any further and seems to have problems with the IMAP accounts that are common today, so that sometimes curious problems occur when importing to the other PC. ImportExportTools NG should be similarly easy to use.
PS: exporting whole folders in various formats is a very useful option.
Conrad
I am hoping to get a basic user guide out before too long given the many options you refer to. If you are looking to do something similar to MBackup then probably the most appropriate use would be to export your profile. That option is available when you choose IETNG from the tools menu. As far as exporting whole folders, you can choose the context menu and choose the various export options.
I am also going to comment on the options in the overview.
Christopher
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Mac OS 10.13.6 / Export im PDF-Format funtioniert nicht:
Wegen eines Fehlers in Thunderbird ist diese Funktion bei diesem Betriebssystem nicht verfügbar.
happy New Year's, sorry for the delayed response.
Currently there is a Thunderbird bug regarding PDF output on OS X. The original as well as NG disable PDF output for that reason on OS X. I am aware of the problem but no solution yet, stay posted.
Christopher
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
New to Thunderbird 68 and the ImportExportNG Add On as well. Really like the tool. I'm migrating from WLM. Like others have reported, I tried a wholesale import of my WLM folders but only the folders came across, none of the messages were imported. I tried again using a single folder with same results. Folder created but no emails. Thankfully, I have very few folders so I was able to export and then import folder-by-folder. That worked flawlessly. So far, I'm extremely pleased with the more stable operation and additional features.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).MarshMan
Thanks for the nice review. I am still trying to figure out what's going on with some of the imports with WLM. There seems to be sub mixed results that make the analysis harder. If I am understanding your post clearly, it appears that when WLM exports warns on one folder you have an issue. Another user reported problem with some of the metadata files that are used by Thunderbird but appear to be crossing a problem. Sorry I don't have an answer yet but please track within the repository. If I find something I want you people to confirm the fix.
Stay tuned!
Christopher
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
The add-on is great.
One thing does not work for me though: If I want to export individual emails via "Search & Export" -> then enter search term, select the desired emails from the list and then click on "Selected" then on Export, the destination folder window will open, but the emails are not exported.
If I select "all" and then "export", the destination folder window opens and it works / exports.
What is the reason for this / programming error?
D
Thanks for the review, sorry for the issue !
I just did a quick test on 68.3.1
I can reproduce the problem as you stated.
I am going to open an issue in the repository.
there are several statements I am looking at before I do the next Release.
This is an area of subcode that I am not that familiar with
so some investigations in order. you can track the issue in Ghub
Christopher
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Hello and thanks for creating this tool. I used it to import group messages from a yahoo group site. One problem was that NG menu is not located under the tools menu at all. However, I did find it by right-clicking on Local Folders icon. Other than that it worked great! Windows 10 and Thunderbird 68.3.0 (32-bit)
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Steve
Thanks for the review!
I just retested on Windows10/TB68.3 and I get all the menus.
The extension installs its menus at the bottom of the tools menu and the extension options from the add-on options menu as well as the folder menus you see.
Can you copy the entire DebugLog from startup?
Also if it's still a problem it would be good to post this in the repository:
https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/issues
We can go back-and-forth more appropriately there
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The add-on is really useful for our IT team. Our company used Windows Live Mail 2012 on more than 1000 PCs and this tool makes the migration of all messages from WLM to Thunderbird easy. It is great that it preserves the directory structure. It works stable and fast. For example we imported about 100 000 messages on normal hard drive for less than an hour.
I write this small off-topic hint for exporting contacts because I believe that there are more users like me who will migrate from WLM to MTB.
Export all contact in VCF files. Then use command prompt and use the command "copy *.vcf all.vcf" to combine all files in single vcf file which can be imported in TB address book with a few clicks.
Nikolay
Thank you for the very nice review!
Your use case is a great example of Thunderbird in the enterprise. Would you be interested in communicating with community development manager regarding enterprise use needs? Direct feedback from users like yourself is critical for moving Thunderbird forward.
Regards, Christopher
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent update to the original ImportExport.
PLUS
if anything does go pear-shaped* then the entirely FREE and very kind support is also excellent.
*user error usually
Thanks for the very kind review!
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I'm not getting an importexporttools ng submenu under tools, just stock "import" and only giving"Becky's internet email" (wtf?) and Outlook as options, no mbox. Tried reinstalling addon, no joy. TB 68 on W10. So not useful for me ATM.
Just as a follow up, I was able to open the gmail-exported mbox by pointing the storage location for 'local folders' at it. Then it just appeared there, I clicked on it, and now it's indexing.
Not sure what, if any role the addon played in this (?).
Maybe it will help with exports.
David
Thanks and sorry for the issues.
From your description it seems like either there was an installation problem or some preferences error resulting in the menus not being installed. Can you open the developer counsel and copy the entire output?
Then t's really best we track this in the repository issues:
https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/issues
Christopher
Update:
Placing the file in a local folder "auto included" the mbox file,
the extension did not to anything for that.
It still sounds like you have an installation problem since you do not see the menus. can you capture the debug console?
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic. This saved me a lot of grief with a dead machine. Was able to grab everything I needed by importing the mbox <3
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Thanks for the great review!
We will continue to aim to please ;-)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great tool. I thought my old Windows Live Mail emails were forever in limbo-land on my old computer until I happened across this tool. The developer is very responsive and helpful. When I had problems initially (which must have been an error on my part) he immediately responded and set up test files. When I got it going, it worked seamlessly. WLM has quirks -- its files have to be exported to a file on the computer, not to a flash drive. Then move them to flash drive, then to the other computer. And then this tool will bring them right in. Play around with a couple emails and/or folders until you figure out what needs to be highlighted in the message pane in order to bring them in where you want them. I'm so grateful that he picked up this tool, which the initial developer had not kept up to date, and is making it available for us.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Thanks for the gracious review!
Very glad you got your old e-mail
Christopher
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Hi Chris
This is what I know:
- ImportExportTools NG version: 4.0.4
- Thunderbird version: 68.2.0 (32-bit)
- Export from Apple Mail options/file format: There are no options to select. All I do is choose a folder to store the structure.
- Confirm you were using import (mbox?) With subfolders: I am using "Import one or more mbox-files with subfolders" which is option 2.
I am using MacOS Catalina Version 10.15 and Apple Mail version 13.0 (3594.4.19).
My folders are NOT named *. sbd! Just normal folder names.
Top level looks like this:
Folder "Test"
File (which turns out to be a folder as well): "Test.mbox".
William
thanks for the information! I have created an issue the repository, can you go there to continue this, it's much better for tracking issues in this location
https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/issues/28
I am posting some next steps there
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Does exactly what is promised! I mainly use the export to EML with HTML index. When support is needed, Christopher Leidigh (the developer), responds fast and is very helpful. Great, thanks a lot!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is a super useful add on for me.
I used ImportExportTools add-on before. When exporting HTML, you can see if there is an attachment, but ExportExportToolsNG don't know if there was an attachment. How can I solve it?
I am used Ver 4.0.4 now.
ChangTraiVoTam
Thanks for the review!
What version are you using?
I adopted this extension forked from the original. I just did a series of updates on issues surrounding Thunderbird 68. HTML attachments was one of the issues I had to address.
I am hoping you are using an old version as I have fixed this issue.
4.0.4 is the latest. I will be releasing another update that addresses an issue with the index file.
Please let me know if you are using the latest foot so I know this is an active bug.
Thanks
Christopher
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is a super useful add on for me. I mainly use the Export as HTML with Attachments, which allows me to archive my emails is a sane and portable way. The developer of the NextGen version of this add on, Christopher, has been super fast and helpful with the one bug I had and also helped me with a modification particular to my needs. Thank you!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Update 10/2:
Thank you to the developer for posting the update, I was able to install it with no issues.
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Original Comment:
I have used this add-on before, but now that I am using 70.0b2 (32-bit) it is not compatible.
May I ask when the next stable release for TB 70.x may be?
Thank you.
I will be releasing a point revision addressing an index issue. Probably within a few days. It's only a control on the max version, my basic testing shows still compatible with seventy.
we should be able to change the extensions.strict option to false but that seems to not work now.
You can download the. I just posted that removes the max for restriction.
https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/blob/csv-output-issue/xpi/import-export-tools-ng-4.0.5-b1-tb.xpi
Thanks!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thank you! Thats what i looked for after knowledge about end for support for Import Export "Paolo Kaosmos"
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.0.4).Thanks for the review!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
An incredibly useful tool. It's good to have it back in active development. I use this every single day and would like to see it integrated into TBird by default. The new developer is incredibly responsive and fixed a serious issue with importing mboxes that was really messing up my workflow. Thank you!!
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