[Users] Impoting Maildir folders

[Inigo Aldazabal Mensa]

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 09:42:19 +0100
Inigo Aldazabal Mensa <inigo_aldazabal at ehu.es> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 12:49:49 -0500
> Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:49:25 -0300
> > "Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI" <renaud at olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there a simple way to import maildir folders ?
> > > 
> > > (I have been asked to rescue old mails, created with Kmail on a
> > > now-defunct Mageia system) 
> > > Cheers,
> > >  
> > > Ron.
> > > 
> > > PS I suppose they are Maildir: each folder with tmp, new and cur
> > > sub-folders
> > 
> > Here's the quick and dirty way I'd handle this...
> > 
> > 
> > 1. Determine whether this "kmail" was kmail2 or the earlier kmail.
> > 
> > 2. Quick and dirty install Linux on an old box with extra room or an
> >    experimental box. The version of Linux installed should be one
> > with the proper kmail version. If you know the version of mageia,
> > this would be ideal.
> > 
> > 3. I don't know exactly how to do this, but get your kmail to use
> > the former Maildir
> 

See here 

uuppss

http://artipc10.vub.ac.be/wordpress/2010/08/26/migrating-mail-from-kmail-to-evolution/


> 
> > 
> > 4. Copy every tree from the temporary Linux machine to an IMAP like
> >    gmail.
> > 
> > 5. On your new, legitimate machine, fire up Claws and point it at
> > the IMAP account referenced in the preceding step.
> > 
> > 6. When you're sure every email has been transferred to your new,
> >    legitimate machine, be sure to wipe out the IMAP copies from
> > gmail or whatever. You never know when the NSA will come to Google
> > bearing subpoenas.
> > 
> > 7. Once everything's good, tested, and backed up, feel free to wipe
> > the temporary machine and use it for something else.
> > 
> > 
> > Extra credit if, on your new, legitimate machine, you set up a local
> > IMAP so you *never* have this problem again, and your emails are no
> > longer stored on your client. Added benefits include travelling
> > access to your personal email via port 993, and the possibility of
> > filtering via Procmail, so your mail gets filtered the same way
> > regardless of email client. Here's an article on how to do that:
> > 
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm#_The_Pivotal_Suggestion
> > 
> > The information from there to the bottom of the file deals with the
> > subject at hand.
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
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