saving emails to more recent computer?

Hi I presume someone has done this before.
I want to save all my 5 years history of Thunderbird emails off my tired
old laptop so I can clean it out and use it only for karaoke.
Possibly transfer to a memory stick and then to a Folder on the desktop
computer where I can get access to them if I ever needed to.
Or leave them on memory stick for the unforseen future.
Any easy/tricky ways to do it for someone who knows a little bit but not
a genius.
thanks,
davy

davy

On the bottom right you will see a line called Local
> Directory. Look at that line, all the way up to .default. Up to that,
> is the location of your profile.

Hi Peter, interesting when I tried to do the above I could only see to
"For at most ... days"
and the OK & Cancel buttons.
I ended up using Moz Backup to copy my profiles to an external hard drive.
I then decided to uninstall Tbird and downloaded the latest version and
installed.
But I still have the same problem not being able to see the whole
Account Settings page.
I tried Options page and it is also clipped at the bottom.
I am using 98SE on the laptop and I occasionally use to send/receive
emails if I go away from home.
It doesn't seem to be effecting this function but if it's something
simple I could try to fix.
If not I can use it how it is.
Thanks again for your help with my original quest.
davy

davy