[Users] Migrating emails and emails folders from "Mozilla Thunderbird" to "Claws Mail"

Lmhelp lmhelp1 at orange.fr
Wed Jun 27 19:04:06 CEST 2012


Hello and thank you for reading my post.

I'm migrating from "Mozilla Thunderbird" to "Claws Mail" and I'd like
to migrate my data (emails and emails folders).

In "Mozilla Thunderbird", I presently have "n" email addresses.
For each email address, I have several folders and subfolders
where I put my emails. For example, for one email address, here
is the kind of structure that I have: 
//----------------------------------
an_email_address at an_isp.ext
  - Inbox
  - Drafts
  - Sent
  - Trash
  - a_dir_1
      - a_sub_dir_1_1
          - an_email_1_1_1
          - an_email_1_1_2         
          ...
          - an_email_1_1_k1
      - a_sub_dir_1_2
      ...
      - a_sub_dir_1_n1
  - a_dir_2
      - a_sub_dir_2_1
      - a_sub_dir_2_2
      ...
      - a_sub_dir_2_n2
  ...
  - a_dir_N
      ...
//----------------------------------

I would like to retrieve all my emails and the directory structure
above in "Claws Mail".

In "Thunderbird":
1) I downloaded the "ImportExportTools" addon.

2) I chose "Tools" -> "ImportExportTools" -> "Options" -> "Export
directories" and checked "Export folders as MBOX file" to a directory
"D".

3) I then selected the email address "an_email_address at an_isp.ext" and
chose: "Tools" -> "ImportExportTools" -> "Export all the folders (with
structure)"

Now, in "Claws Mail":
1) I selected "an_email_address at an_isp.ext".
2) I created a "a_dir_1" folder.
3) I chose "Import mbox file..."
  and for the "Mbox file" parameter, I chose "D/a_dir_1" (which was
exported previously).

It ends up with an error:
"Mbox import has failed"

Can you tell me what I should do to recover my data into "Claws Mail"?
Thank you and best regards.
--
Léa Massiot



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