Re: importing mail-files

Nicolas Pioch wrote:
> Ketil Wendelbo Aanensen wrote:
> 
>> I'm using Thunderbird 0.8 with Fedora C2.
>> I want to try importing my old eudora mail from my ald windows system 
>> which is located as mail files on my computer.
>> However I have no option to import from file, and Eudora obviously 
>> doesn't show up in the import mail list.
> 
> 
> Files should be in the same format (mbox format)
> 
> so locate where Thunderbird stores your Inbox, exit the program, and 
> drop a copy of your Eudora mbox file nearby under a separate name... 
> this should do the trick.
> 
> Usually Mozilla rebuilds an index on the file the first time you access 
> it. You may loose some minor flags/status, such as read/unread, replied, 
> etc.

I know this, but this option sucks.
First off, it screws up all attachments. Second, although Eudora seems 
to be using mbox-format, it doesn't. Some mails have no info whatsoever, 
and most of them end up with loads of <x-flowed> and <br> tags.
This is why <http://www.jjminer.org/eud2mbox/> exists. However, this 
doesn't take care of attachments.

The importer has been improved since the last time I tried it, and I 
would really likt to have the opportunity to import from file. I don't 
understand why this isn't an option already.

- Ketil

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