[Users] Import MH Messages

[Brian A]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:09:18 -0000
Paul via Users < users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote: 
> 
> On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:55:17 -0600
> Brian A via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote: 
> 
> > I have some old MH messages from a lost claws-mail directory. Is
> > there a way to merge or import them to the current running
> > claws-mail?  
> 
> Ignore the other response to your query, that was bad advice.
> 
> If you talking about a whole MH mailbox, use /File/Add mailbox/MH...
> and put the full path to it in the 'Add mailbox' dialogue.
> 
> or...
> 
> If you want to add it to your current MH mailbox, create a new folder
> within your mailbox in Claws Mail. Then, using your file manager,
> copy all your messages into the newly created folder, (the default
> mailbox location is ~/Mail/). Then, back in Claws Mail, right-click
> the top-level folder of your MH mailbox and use 'Rebuild folder
> tree', and/or 'Check for new folders' and/or 'Check for new messages'.
> 
> Just using 'Rebuild folder tree' will be fine, but if you don't want
> to do the rebuild, use the other two depending on whether you copied
> directories and files or just files.
> 
> If you don't currently have an MH mailbox you will need to add one
> first.
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul
> 

Paul, thank you for the instruction on how to do this, I was surprised I didn't think of that, and the WIKI orFAQ didn't suggest it. The old MH messages were on an old drive (one which was clobbered in 2014 with ransomware then recovered) and from looking at the raw dates and message content it isn't clear if they were merged in to the recovered files already in the folders. I plan to merge them and then run the find duplicate messages tool and then archive the older ones.  

Which was my second question about the Archive plugin. Can the archives be reopened, or does one have to unzip them and follow your above suggestion to see them again?

Cheers, BrianA in Minnesota