Re: [Evolution] No Matter What I Try, Can't Move Thunderbird Archives to Evo

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 14:33 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 00:54 +0000, Bill and Carol Yager wrote:
> > Is it because Evo is now using a different email method than
> > Thunderbird (maildir vs mbox)?
>
>       Hi,
> yes, I believe the old methods do not work, because of the different
> formats. I would try:
> a) copy Thunderbird MBOX files into a new directory (you can do it
>    directly in the Thunderbird directory too, but better to have
>    backups and keep private Thunderbird files to Thunderbird only);
> b) in Evolution's menu: File->New->Mail Account, enter some fake email
>    address, disable Lookup (at the bottom), then click Next and pick
>    type "Standard Unix mbox spool directory" and point it to the
>    directory you copied Thunderbird files to; continue the wizard with
>    None sending type and that's it.
> c) once you finish the new account wizard you should see your folder
>    structure from Thunderbird (as copied to the new location) in
>    Evolution and you either can use it as is, or copy it into On This
>    Computer.
>
> This is untested, I just think that it should work. Always make backups
> of your data before any such change, because you are playing with
> internal files of respective application(s).

The way to avoid having to do this is of course to use IMAP rather than
POP. I realise this isn't helpful in the present case (though of course
the OP could also convert his accounts to IMAP and upload the mail from
Thunderbird) but it's worth bearing in mind.

poc