On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 08:46:09AM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2018-02-08 05:04, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > A few minutes gargling suggests that, at least on a previous ubuntu > > version, thunderbird stored mail somewhere under ~/.thunderbird. > > But isn't that just a cache analogous to mutt's header cache? > > Even if it does store the full content, is it likely to be in a format > that mutt can read (unix mbox or maildir)? Not very, I think; much more > likely to be an indexed binary format specific to Thunderbird. >
from http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail Thunderbird, Netscape, Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey use mbox files to store the messages for a folder. The ImportExportTools extension can import and export mbox and .EML files. Many email clients use mbox files (regardless of whether they use no file extension, .mbx or .mbox as the file extension) to store messages or provide a way to export folders as mbox or .EML files due to the popularity of Eudora and Outlook Express. Sometimes email clients use "Unix format" to refer to a mbox file since the format was originally developed for Unix systems. ĸen -- Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boots with stiletto heels for such a barefaced truth. - Unseen Academicals
