Re: [Evolution] Migrating from Sylpheed-claws to Evolution 2.0

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 14:31 +0100, Gonçalo Marrafa wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I have been using Sylpheed-claws for 2-3 years and have a lot of mail (about 1 GB) in MH format. I've tried Evolution 2.0 and liked it. 
>
> I've poked around but i've found no way of importing my MH mail. Evolution insists on storing the mailboxes in mbox format. The only way i found to access my mail was to create a MH account, but with that i cannot fecth my POP3 mail. 
Uh huh?

You're already half-way there.

Just create a pop account now, and set a filter to copy all mail to the mh inbox as the 'default inbox', if that matters.

I recommend you don't use mh format though, since mh format is a poor format.

> I would like to know if there is a (n easy) way of importing all my mail and KEEP IT in MH format (i personally hate mbox!)? 
>
> By the way, if someone knows a way of also importing the filter rules (i can import the address book through an LDIF) it would be great! 
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Gonçalo Marrafa <gjm uevora pt>

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