FWIW, d'n'd of .eml files from the file system onto a folder was implemented a long time a go back in bug 500564. Turns out to be harder for files that aren't in the filesystem.
The Thunderbird Attachment Tools file is corrupt, but if it really can do it, and someone has a working copy i'd like to take a look. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848183 Title: RFC822 Attachments and .EML files cannot be moved to folders Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: From https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Fix_some_longstanding_bugs#RFC822_Attachments_and_.EML_files: "It should be possible to file (import) the attachment or the .EML file directly into a mail folder (bug 11013 / bug 226877, bug 204612). The menu action Message | Copy To | folder would be an elegant way to implement this." ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: thunderbird 3.1.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 12 15:02:59 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (135 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/848183/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp