[Users] Switching from Thunderbird to claws-mail.

[Paul]

Hi Rolf,

I will add to Liz Dodd's answers...

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:20:47 +1200
Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: 

> 2.  Does claws-mail have message filters, at least somewhat analogous to
> those provided by Thunderbird?

Yes, it does. There is a script (called thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl)
available at https://www.claws-mail.org/tools.php, which will convert tb
filter rules to Claws Mail filter rules. (It's an old script and I don't know
if there have been changes in tb since, but it still works as far as I know.)

> 3.  How easy (or difficult) will it be for me to import my elaborate tree
> of saved message folders from Thunderbird into claws-mail? Impossible?
> Possible but gruellingly arduous?  Piece of cake (said he, optimistically)?
>  Please note that since I have an enormous number of saved emails to which
> I'd like to retain access, I would need to import them in a fairly
> automated manner, and not in a kludgy one-by-one manner.

You said you use IMAP. Therefore there is nothing to import, your folders and
messages are saved on the server. You just need to add this IMAP account to
Claws Mail.

Otherwise, there is another script at the same place, tbird2claws.py, which
will convert your tb mailbox(es).

> 4.  Are there any pitfalls or Traps for Young Players that I have not
> envisaged in the foregoing?

Claws Mail has what we consider a feature: It does not create/write HTML
messages. It can read and display HTML mail (either as text or rendered using
a plugin), but does not create HTML mail itself.

with regards

Paul