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

[Reid Thompson <jreidthompson nc rr com>]

There are multiple command line applications that will convert mbox to
maildir.  You can write a script to make a copy of your mbox files in a
working area and convert the messages in the copy(ies) to maildir format in a
location of  your choice to be imported into evo.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=convert+mbox+to+maildir

reid



On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 00:54 +0000, Bill and Carol Yager wrote:
> [EXTERNAL SOURCE]
>  
> My Evo version is:  3.30.1        and I am set up for POP3 using ATT.com serrver
>
> I have many, many saved emails organized in hundreds of sub-folder hierarchies in Thunderbird 60.4.0.   I 
> believe the Thunderbird formt is Mbox while the Evo system is using Maildir.
>
> For two weeks I have been trying Evolution and really like the UI, but I have been unsuccessful in 
> migrating the Thunderbird emails to Evolution.  There are far too many to use the GUI within Evo
> which only appears to move one file at a time.  Also, I have searched these mailing list archives for 
> solutions and have tried them. No luck.
>
> I have tried two methods:
>
> 1. Copied the Saved_Mail.sbd folder (my top-level saved mail folder) from Thunderbird
>
>     Home\thunderbird\xxxxxx.default\Mail\Local Folders\Saved_Mail.sbd
>
>    into the Evolution "local" folder resulting in
>
>     Home\.local\share\evolution\mail\local\Saved Mail.sbc
>
> 2. Created a folder "Saved_Mail" using the Evolution GUI and then copied the contents of the Thunderbird 
> "Saved Mail.sbd" over to the Evolution "Saved_Mail" folder. In addition to the copied
> files, I see the "cur", "new" and "tmp" files in the Evo "Saved_Mail" folder, indicating the Maildir 
> structure.
>
> Some people have mentioned that the file to copy over is the file within the Thunderbird "Saved Mail.sbd" 
> folder that doesn't have any extension; "Saved Mail.  " in my case.  But, this file is empty
> (size = 0)??
>
> What am I doing wrong?  Other people have mentioned that they have successfully moved a folder hierarchy 
> over to Evolution.  Is it because Evo is now using a different email method than Thunderbird
> (maildir vs mbox)?  If so, how do I compensate for this?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Really want to move from TB to Evo.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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