Welcome to Balsa! On 08/21/2010 06:15:28 AM Sat, john francis lee wrote:
I have switched to balsa from thunderbird because thunderbird would not format thai text correctly and I could not get any help from thunderbird forums. Balsa seems to handle thai text correctly.
Glad to hear it.
How can I import my address book from thunderbird?
You can export your contacts from Thunderbird in ldif format, and Balsa can use the ldif file directly as an address book (Edit:Preferences:Address Books:Add).
Can I import all my mail from thunderbird as well?
If you export your Thunderbird mail in mbox format, Balsa can use that file directly as a mailbox. It will be found automatically if you put it somewhere in your local mail directory (~/mail by default); otherwise, you can tell Balsa where to find it (File:New:Local Mbox Mailbox).
Thunderbird used to help out with spam, can balsa do so as well?
That's a little more complicated! You can filter incoming mail through SpamAssassin; use Edit:Preferences:Mail Options, select the correct server in the 'Remote mailbox servers', then click 'Modify'. That pops up a 'Remote Mailbox Configurator' dialog; check 'Filter messages through procmail', and set the Filter Command to 'spamc | procmail -f -'. You can then use a Balsa filter to route messages based on the content of the headers that SpamAssassin adds. You could also use procmail rules to deliver messages to different mailboxes--personally, I find Balsa's filters easier to set up than procmail rules :)
Thanks.
You're welcome! We'd be glad to get your feedback about the transition to Balsa, and any suggestions about making it easier. Peter
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