Thanks Nick...
I was thinking same.
I'll do that
Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:21:20 +1200
Don Gould wrote:
I've set up a clarkconnect box.
Dovecot is the imap/pop service.
Perhaps I'm going about this the wrong way, I don't know...
I have evloution on my laptop... I want to move the mail off my laptop
into the imap store so that I don't have to be tied to this machine for
mail...
set up the imap account in evolution. you now have two inboxes in
evolution, the old one and a new one for the imap store.
drag and drop your email from the local account folders in evolution to
the imap folders in evolution.
There are scripts on the net for mass migration of imap stores, but for
a few accounts this way works best.
I've already set up the mail drop software to get the mail from the 4
different pop accounts I have.
Just wanted to get the old mail in the right place.
Thanks Steve.
Cheers Don
Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:31:21 +1200
Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've copyed the mbox folders off my laptop on to my desktop.
I want to get the mail out of those folders and on to my account on my
server which I now use thunderbird to browse (IMAP).
I assumed there would be an import option in thunderbird.
No. Thunderbird's just a reader. It needs to connect to an imap server. That's
the thing you need to import into.
I did a google and had a bit of a look but seem to be chasing tail...
Has anyone actually done this before and can point me in the right
direction?
Which IMAP server have you installed? I use courier, but there are plenty of
others around.
Cheers Don
Given your comments about there being 3 out of 5 computers in your house
running linux, and mentioning the IMAP word, then I'd designate one of them to
be a mail server. Build that up first, then everyone, no matter what os or
email client can read their mail from anywhere.
If you're after info on doing this, let me know, as I sort of do it for a
living!
Hope this has given you a few pointers at least!
Steve.
