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

[Dan Arico]

> If I had to do migration again, I'd do it the same way as before: I'd
> copy from the source client to an IMAP account, and then from the IMAP
> to Claws. Or, in my case, I didn't do the last step -- I just kept all
> my email on my local IMAP server, and that IMAP server's Maildir
> structure is what I back up.
> 
> I tried for a few weeks to export and import from files, and man, it
> was very bad news. Only after I committed to the IMAP middleman did
> things go well.
> 
> The whole process is described here:
> 
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm

I found a python script called maildir2mbox.py that solved my problem
when I converted from Kmail to Claws. It converted thousands of emails
without a hiccup.

Dan Arico

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