Re: Thunderbird import

Dmitry Fedotov <[email protected]> Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:14:44 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> T-bird Leader Dmitry Fedotov radioed the tower on,   :
> 
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Is it possible to import messages into Thunderbird from .MSG or .EML 
>> files ? I want to import my messagebase from "The Bat" program. There 
>> is no way to do this directly. But The Bat can produce such files to 
>> export mail.
>>
>> WBR,
>> Dmitry
> 
> Have you checked out the Tools > Import wizard to see if it can handle 
> the import?  Tbird uses the UNIX standard mBox mailbox format.  If "The 
> Bat" has an export function, look to see if it exports to Netscape or 
> Mozilla as they both use the same format.

Thanks for advice about UNIX standard. It works. The Bat has option to 
export messages to UNIX mailbox. I just point it to TBird \Application 
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\default\Mail\mymailbox\inbox file. And append 
exporting messages to this file.