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Import Email From Mozilla Thunderbird Into Gmail

Take all your Thunderbird email with you

By Heinz Tschabitscher Heinz Tschabitscher Writer University of Vienna A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on May 27, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Email Gmail Yahoo! Mail

What to Know

In Thunderbird, go to folder with emails. Highlight them. Right-click a message. Select Copy To > [Gmail address] > [destination folder]. You must have Gmail set up as an IMAP account in Thunderbird to import email. Gmail offers a great deal of space, useful search capabilities, and universal access. You can bring all this utility to your Mozilla Thunderbird email by importing it into your Gmail account.

Import Email From Mozilla Thunderbird to Gmail Using IMAP

Gmail offers IMAP access—a protocol that keeps your emails on a server but lets you see and work with them as if they were stored locally (meaning, on your device). It also turns importing email into a simple drag-and-drop action. To copy your messages from Mozilla Thunderbird to Gmail: Set up Gmail as an IMAP account in Mozilla Thunderbird. Open the folder containing the emails you want to import. Highlight the messages you want to import. (If you want to import all messages, press Ctrl+A or Command+A to highlight all messages.) Right-click one of the messages that you want to copy. In the menu that pops open, select Copy To, select your Gmail address, then choose the folder you want to import them to, such as the Inbox. You can open your Gmail account outside of Thunderbird to verify that your messages are where you imported them.

Why Not Just Forward Your Messages

You can forward the messages, but this is hardly an elegant or fully functional solution. The messages will lose their original senders, and emails you've sent won't appear to have been sent by you. You'll also lose some of Gmail's useful organizational capabilities, for example, Conversation View, which groups emails on the same topic together. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire How to Export Emails From Outlook How to Import Windows Mail or Outlook Emails Into Gmail How to Forward Windows Live Hotmail to Gmail How to View Full Message Headers in Mozilla Thunderbird How to Select All Messages in Gmail How to Export Contacts in Mozilla Thunderbird How to Retrieve Archived Emails in Gmail How to Import AOL Messages and Contacts Into Gmail Here Are the IMAP Settings You Need to Set Up Gmail What Are Gmail's SMTP Settings? How to Insert an Image in a Mozilla Thunderbird Email How to Delete Your Gmail Account How to Access Gmail With Thunderbird How to Repair Folders in Mozilla Thunderbird How to Use Search Operators to Find Emails in Gmail How to Mark All Messages as Read Quickly in Mozilla Thunderbird Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies