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I presently have some old .sbd directories which I would like to import into ThunderBird as 'Local Folders':

[1]Local Folders

Any advice on how to import these directories?

[2].sbd directories

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Quit Thunderbird and copy these folders into the "~/.thunderbird/########.default-default/Mail/Local Folders" folder, where ####### is a string of random letters and numbers unique for your user profile. Make sure your user is owner and has the right to create and delete files in the folders you copied.

On restarting Thunderbird, a corresponding .msf index file will automatically be created, and the folders will appear under "Local Folders" in Thunderbird, where you still could move them to other folders if you wish.

The "ImportExportTool NG" right-click menu item probably is not standard and comes from an extension you choose to install. Apparently, it only allows to import mbox files one at a time. Folders in Thunderbird in which messages reside are represented by a single mbox file, which actually is a specially formatted text file containing all messages and attachments. These mbox files do not have a file name extension. Their name corresponds with a folder containing email messages in Thunderbird.

In your second screenshot, the file "Church" will contain a few messages in the Thunderbird folder "Church". The file "Church.msf" is an automatically generated index file, automatically recreated if it is deleted. In that folder "Church", you have created subfolders. These are written in the folder "Church.sbd". If you do not have subfolders, an ".sbd" folder will not be created. If you have subfolders, the ".sbd" folder will be removed if you delete all these in Thunderbird.

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