Moving from '98 to XP

I have Thunderbird set up and working fine on an old '98 machine. I want to move the account, the mail and the address books to an XP machine. What do I need to do?

 

You could just copy the profile folder(It will be in windows/ applicationdata/ thunderbird, In XP documents and settings/ username/ applicationdata/ thunderbird)
You could use the file export and import wizard in thunderbird.

 

Welcome to the Forum, wvanderclock!

wvanderclock,

Copy the entire Thunderbird folder on your old PC from:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Thunderbird folder

Install Thunderbird on the new PC and elect to NOT migrate any data
Create a new Profile, and elect to use "Default User" as the Profile Name

Start Thunderbird, but exit when the Mail Wizard comes up

Next, with Thunderbird closed:

Navigate to:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Thunderbird folder
Delete the new Thunderbird folder

Next:
Copy the Thunderbird folder from the Old PC to:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Thunderbird folder
Start Thunderbird, and your Mail and all data will be in place.