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Important Update from Updates:

  • If you convert your Eudora Nicknames/Address Book to Thunderbird: (9/

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  • 17/2008)
  • Thunderbird attachment handling:  (9/5/2008)
    • Attachments are handled differently in Thunderbird.  There is NO "x:\mail\attach" directory.  If you need to edit an attachment (word, excel, etc) that someone has e-mailed you, be sure to to to a File > "Save As"  (Not "Save") to avoid losing any data.

Prerequisites

  1. Adcom's custom Thunderbird package should already be installed on your machine.  If you do not see a Thunderbird icon on your desktop, please put in a request to Adcom Desktop Support to have the "Thunderbird package" installed on your system.
  2. You must have a folder in your "My Documents" folder called "thunderbird_profile" (See Step 1 below)
  3. You will need approximately 30 minutes - 1 hour of your time (more if you have several years of e-mail) to convert your old Eudora mail to thunderbird. 
  4. Thunderbird will convert your old Eudora Mail, and Eudora Address Book. Thunderbird will not convert previously set Eudora Filters.
  5. Adcom users with pager setups only (username-page@apollo...) E-mail or call Jeremy Paje before converting to Thunderbird to make sure the proper forwarding is set up to your pager.

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