Hello:
I think there is a typo in the Copying Your Local Thunderbird Settings instructions...
It guides you to copy the abook.maP file rather than the abook.mab file
it should be the abook.mab file, right?
https://portableapps.com/support/portable_thunderbird#installing
dw17
It was a typo. It's fixed. Thanks.
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