Re: importing emails from thunderbird
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 14:34:34 -0500
b3 wrote:
if i go file, import, messages, if thunderbird is not in the list,
what do i do?
Multiple posts for the same question?
Try this:
1. Compact your Thunderbird folders (optional)
Thunderbird keeps messages in mbox files even after they have been deleted.
If you don't want to include deleted messages in the conversion, you have to
compact your folders in Thunderbird. Right click a folder and select
"Compact This Folder". This will completely remove deleted messages from the
folders mbox file.
2. Locate mbox files in Thunderbird
Thunderbird stores messages in the Profile Folder, in the Mail and (if you
use IMAP) ImapMail folders. Each mail folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored
as two files - one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file
itself (in "mbox" format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf),
which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file.
3. Convert mbox files to eml files
IMAPSize has a built-in mbox2eml tool that can seemlesly convert thousands
and thousands of messages. Download, install and run IMAPSize (it's free)
(http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php) and invoke the mbox2eml option
from the Tools menu. Select the mbox file you wish to convert (you might
need to set the "Files of type" option to "All Files" in the file selection
dialog, since Thunderbird mbox files don't have an extension) and select a
location where generated eml files should be stored. Click "Convert" and
IMAPSize will start converting the files.
All the attachments will also be converted and your original Thunderbird
files will not be touched. Starting from version 0.2.0. you can convert
multiple mbox files at once.
4. Import generated eml files into Outlook Express
Launch Outlook Express and select the local folder (or create a new one)
into which you want to import your messages. Open Windows Explorer or your
favourite file manager, locate the generated eml files, select them and drag
and drop them into the OE application window.
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