On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 01:29:59 +0100 Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello list, > > I've been a loyal user of KMail for many years. (Loyal? Masochistic > might be a better word.) It suits me exactly - or it would if it were > reliable. It isn't, though, which drives me to consider alternatives. > > Claws mail is often mentioned hereabouts, and I'd like to try it, but > first I'd need to export KMail's 20-odd-year maildir history to mbox > format. Is it enough to run KMail's Import/Export Data tool to do > this? It should be, on the face of it, but I'm suspicious (consider > me paranoid if you like). User of Claws with a local maildir here. One mail per file always felt safer to me. If you do want to keep using maildir, net-mail/dovecot provides IMAP access to ~/.maildir out of the box, and I've found this combination to be reliable. Since it's "just" local IMAP, moving data in and out can be done with most mail clients. Plus it means you're not tied to a single mail client going forward. I do miss KMail's breadth of features though. Never tried it's migration tools, sorry. Cheers, Bryan
