On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:26:28 -0800 Jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, this is my first time using this mailing list. > > I am an Ubuntu 7.04 (herd 5) user and I want to completely switch to > evolution, but I have thousands of emails archived within Thunderbird > and over three-hundreds cotacts. I need to be able to search within > old email, and use the same contacts. > > Thank you guys for your help. > -Jai > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
I'm not sure about the contacts, but you should be able to transfer your email using your favorite file manager, since Tbird and Evo use the mbox email format. With Evolution closed, copy the Tbird file containing the email itself (one for each filter folder you've set up?) into /home/~./evolution/mail/local . Then start Evolution. Evolution will crunch for a bit, then you'll see the file as an email folder in Evolution's window. Assuming you have individual filter folders in Tbird, start with small ones as a test. Then make sure the number of emails you see in Evo after the transfer is that same as the number you had in Tbird. I've found that when transferring email files containing a couple of thousand emails, some of them wind up in Evolution's Trash folder. If that happens to you, just hightlight those and drag them to the correct folder. Others may have a more elegant solution, but this has worked for me... With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
