> -----Original Message----- > From: Not Zed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:41 AM > To: Jules Richardson > Cc: Evolution Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Evolution] importing multiple mbox files > > > > If you just need to access the mail, and not use it as live data, I > would suggest setting up a new account, type 'standard unix mbox spool > or directory", and setting the path to where the folders reside. > > It might also be an easier way to import, if evolution will copy the > folder structure when you copy the top-level folders (can't > remember if > it does or not).
Er.. Can I like burn the Emails (after exporting from outlook using mozilla mail) into a CD and then access the Emails from there as is?? > > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 23:26 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote: > > > Is there a way I can script the import of mbox files in > Evolution? The > > outport util did a pretty good job of getting all my old mail out of > > Outlook, with some fiddling with headers in the few > thousand messages > > needed afterwards. > > > > But of course I had all my old mail organised into seperate folders, > > which I'd like to preserve - far as I know the mbox format > can't store > > folder information (someone point me to a spec if I'm > wrong!), so at the > > moment I'm essentially stuck with 70 or so mbox files > representing my > > old email folder structure. Doing 70 imports via the GUI would be > > painfully slow! > > > > If I can't script it making use of an Evo utility then maybe I can > > create the necessary disk structure and files that Evo > needs directly, > > but I imagine there's metadata there which I can't easily construct > > outside of Evo itself... > > > > Any ideas? > > > > cheers > > > > Jules > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
