Need Help: Migrating Email Filters & Settings from Thunderbird to Betterbird

SEE UPDATE BELOW - STILL NOT WORKING

After learning about Betterbird's superior features, I was eager to test it out. To my surprise, the transition from Thunderbird required manual transfer of settings, which was unexpected since I didn't find an automatic import option for my email accounts. Dealing with five separate email accounts for my businesses, I assumed that email filters would automatically carry over.

Unfortunately, despite manually moving my settings, the email filters didn't follow suit, and I haven't found any guidance on whether this is feasible. Given that Thunderbird and Betterbird are built on the same foundation, it baffles me that there isn't a simple import function for all existing settings and filters from an updated Thunderbird installation.

Without this capability, I'm at a crossroads. Thunderbird's bugs are manageable, but the absence of an easy import for my extensive list of filters is a significant obstacle. I am reaching out for any help or insights that could facilitate this transition. The move to Betterbird interests me, but it hinges on the platform's ability to fully integrate my existing settings, filters, and more.

P.S. I’ve also noticed that my email signatures haven't transferred over. While this might be a minor issue compared to the others, it adds to my hesitation. The prospect of switching is becoming increasingly unattractive without these core functionalities.

UPDATE:

1. I'm running the TB Beta and I have several TB profiles when I go to IMPORT

2. When I first posted this, I imported the incorrect profile and that would explain no FILTERS importing I guess but as soon as I setup an account, I begin building filters SO....I guess maybe it doesn't make sense.

3. In any case, I switched to the "default-beta" profile found at: C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\v23vn66u. default-beta

   1. Did the import again and this time, it did ask me for password for the accounts that weren't Gmail but FILTERS HAVE NOT IMPORTED???

   2. As a last ditch attempt to get this working, I uninstalled and reinstalled and I've gone through the IMPORT AGAIN......and still....NO FILTERS????

I really do want to give Betterbird a FAIR chance but I need these issues fixed or a resolution found before I can make a switch. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT!!!

Regards,

David

I would like to try Betterbird. The Betterbird website says that it is very easy to test, as Betterbird can directly use (not import) the Thunderbird profile. "You can install Betterbird at the same time as Thunderbird and run them on the same profile."
Unfortunately, I can't make it work.

I run Tuxedo Linux and have Thunderbird installed as a deb-package (not Flatpack). On the Betterbird Website I can download a linux archive and directly start betterbird (I just doubleclick on the betterbird.bin file in the folder I unpacked the archive in). Or I can install it as a flatpack using discover. In both cases Betterbird asks me to setup my e-mail account and does not find / use / recognize an existing Thunderbird profile.

The Betterbird support page (https://www.betterbird.eu/support/#switch-tb-bb) mentions something how to switch between the two but I don't know what to do here.

Does anybody have experience how to make Betterbird use my existing Thunderbird profile. I assume that I somehow have to tell Betterbird where to find my Thunderbird profile. However, I don't know how and I don't even know where my Thunderbird profile is stored...

I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.

i started getting this 'Your gmail settings are out of date' message but i could not figure out what settings they were talking about or the way to fix them. and Thunderbird just kind of ground to a halt. tried Betterbird and its the same story.

what do i do and how do i do it? i have 7 active emails and it's killing me.

thanks to all in this community, you guys are great.

I just learned about Betterbird and wanted to try it. It did not find my existing Thunderbird profile, so I used -p -purgecaches to select the existing profile and got the error message shown in the image. Version is 128.9.2esr-bb25 (64-bit) and it says it is up to date. What have I missed?

Just completed a net install and there’s one issue preventing me from keeping it unless there’s a fix. Because of work I need notifications for new email. Since Birdtray hasn’t worked with Thunderbird for months I thought I could overcome this by using the Flatpak version of Betterbird which has a new mail notification by default. Everything works as expected including the new mail notification icon but then I discovered it’s not possible to add attachments to any outgoing emails (my two are Gmail and GMX mail). Anyone got any suggestions please either to get attachments working for Betterbird or a mail notification for Thunderbird.

Is it safe to delete the 12GB Thunderbird folder located in AppData>Roaming?

Or does Betterbird share the same resource?

Thanks in advance :)