On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 00:54 +0000, Bill and Carol Yager wrote: > 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.
How did you come up with these two methods? Have you tried following https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/import-apps-mozilla.html ? That could be outdated though so I'd be interested in updating it... > 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. -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
