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

[Lmhelp]

Thank you for your answer.

If I'm not mistaken, it looks like the mailbox plugin you are referring
to is a Debian package. Even if I'm also a Debian user, my emails and
email client reside on Windows machines ("WinXP" for "Mozilla
Thunderbird", "Win7" for "Claws Mail")...

Can you go on helping?
Thanks and best regards.
--
Léa






On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:14:07 +0100
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:02:14 -0700
> Lmhelp <lmhelp1 at orange.fr> wrote: 
> 
> > Thank you in advance for helping.
> 
> Try the mailmbox plugin.
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul





On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:02:14 -0700
Lmhelp <lmhelp1 at orange.fr> wrote:

> Thank you for your answer.
> 
> > Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > I don't know but I imagine it's a non plain mbox format,
> > though I didn't know it existed or corrupted??
> 
> I don't know either...
> I'm not doing anything special: 
> 1) I am used to putting my emails into directories and subdirectories
> within "Mozilla Thunderbird". 
> 2) I want to export that structure - hierarchy of directories - along
> with the emails it contains into a format compatible with "Claws
> Mail". 3) And finally, I want to import all that into "Claws Mail". 
> And there is no reason why any file or directory should be corrupted.
> 
> ..............................
> SOMETHING WHICH WORKS PROPERLY
> ..............................
> Suppose I have a simple folder "f" containing emails in "Mozilla
> Thunderbird". 
> If I chose: "Tools" -> "ImportExportTools" -> "Export folder", I get a
> file "f" as a result. 
> Prior to this, in "Tools" -> "ImportExportTools" -> "Options" ->
> "Export directories", I checked the "Export folders as MBOX file"
> check box. 
> In "Claws Mail", if I choose: "File" -> "Import mbox file..." and
> select "f": I recover my emails properly.
> 
> ..............................
> SOMETHING WHICH DOESN'T WORK
> ..............................
> Now, suppose I have a folfer "f" containing two subfolders "f1" and
> "f2" which in turn contain emails ("m1" to "m5"):
> 
> f
>     f1
>        m1
>        m2
>     f2
>        m3
>        m4
>        m5
> 
> if I do the same thing as above and if I choose:
> a) "Export folder with subfolders (simple)", I get three files "f",
> "f1" and "f2". 
> "f" size is 0. 
> "f1" and "f2" have a non-zero size. 
> In "Claws Mail", when I choose "File" -> "Import mbox file..." and
> select "f". It fails.
> 
> b) "Export folder with subfolders (with structure)", I get
> a file "f" and a folder "f.sdb".
> Again "f" size is zero. 
> "f.sdb" contains to files "f1" and "f2" with non-zero size. 
> In "Claws Mail", if I choose, "File" -> "Import mbox file..." and
> select "f". It fails again.
> 
> > Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > Migrating any filters you have, I believe there is a plugin to
> > migrate filters from thunderbird.
> I have no filters...
> 
> > Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > p.s. I recall there may even be a tool specifically to migrate
> > almost everything form thunderbird to claws but I forget the
> > specifics.
> That could solve my problem?
> 
> So, I'm still wondering if I can import a hierarchy of folders,
> subfolders and emails coming from "Mozilla Thunderbird" into "Claws
> Mail" and how?
> 
> Thank you in advance for helping.
> Best regards,
> --
> Léa
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:54:11 +0100
> Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > I don't know but I imagine it's a non plain mbox format, though I
> > didn't know it existed or corrupted??
> > 
> > If a standard exported file works you could open them in a text
> > editor and compare.
> > 
> > and/or
> > 
> > If a standard single folder export works. You may be better of
> > exporting all mails to a single mbox. Migrating any filters you
> > have, I believe there is a plugin to migrate filters from
> > thunderbird. Create folders and run the filtering on all of them. 
> > 
> > 
> > p.s. I recall there may even be a tool specifically to migrate
> > almost everything form thunderbird to claws but I forget the
> > specifics.