On 08/21/2010 08:19:19 PM, Peter Bloomfield wrote: > > 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). >
Seems to have worked... Thunderbird has two address books, for some reason : personal and collected. I added both... but balsa just looks in the one I marked as default? As well, with addresses with 'no-name' I have to type 'n' and then search through all the no-named addresses? I just tried out the lookup feature by typing 'n' for Neil, my brother, and all the non-names came after... > > 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). > I couldn't find a way to export mail from thunderbird. I looked at the faqs and someone said that mbox is the default means of storing mail in thunderbird, so all I had to do was import my thunderbird mailbox(es) directly. I tried with 'Local Folders' but nothing showed up under the mailbox that balsa created. I asked the question on the thunderbird page again... maybe I didn't import the correct file... > > 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 :) I've done part one... I don't think I run SpamAssassin on my server, thunderbird had (I think) it's own statistical spam 'assassin' and that's what I used formerly. > > > Thanks. > > You're welcome! We'd be glad to get your feedback about the > transition to Balsa, and any suggestions about making it easier. > Thanks for your prompt help, Peter. I'll let you know how I get on. Looking above I see that balsa hasn't wrapped the quoted mail very well, although I like the color-code bit a lot! Balsa gave me a choice about what to quote, I think, when I hit reply group. The same choice was there twice 'inlin text', I think, already checked. I just accepted that. > Peter > One last observation... I get an error when trying to check your signature... that's all it says... there was an error. ------quoted attachment------ > _______________________________________________ > balsa-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list > > -- "This message may have been intercepted and read by U.S. government agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA and/or the present government of Thailand without notice or warrant or knowledge of sender or recipient." John Francis Lee 246/3 Thanon Kaew Wai Mueang Chiangrai 57000 Thailand _______________________________________________ balsa-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list
