In message <[email protected]>, hawker
<[email protected]> writes
On 2/19/2014 11:40 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
I'm new to SeaMonkey (although I've had Thunderbird running for a couple
of years now as a possible alternative to my long-time mail/news client,
Demon's now-unsupported 'Turnpike').
I have a friend who's not much made up with his Windows 7 Windows Live
Mail (and I can't say I blame him). I've been recommending that he try
TB as an alternative. However, I've just started trying SM, and as it
seems a bit simpler than TB, I thought I'd suggest that instead.
Unfortunately, SM's 'Tools', 'Import' can't import WLM .eml e-mails
directly. Unlike Thunderbird, the ImportExportTools extension (both
versions 2.7.2.2 and 2.8.0.4) is incompatible with SM V2.24 (well,
that's what I get when I try to install the .xpi file from file). While
the .eml files could probably be converted into something that SM would
accept, things are starting to get a bit complicated.
So my question is whether anyone has any recommendations for a simple
WLM-to-SM transfer?
It sounds like if you could get the .xpi extension to work you would be
golden. There is a good chance it will work but that it just doesn't
list itself as SM compatible.
You can google on how to do this but the short explanation is to rename
.xpi to .zip. Unzip it, edit one of the files in a text editor (forget
which) to show it as SM compatible (it was self explanatory once I got
into it), then rezip and rename. It will now install. That, however,
doesn't mean it will work but give it a try.
I've been doing some more Googling, and eventually I found the right
selection of search words. It does indeed appear that there is a problem
with ImportExportTools when you try to use it with SM. One of reviews on
the download website
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/rev
iews/>
says:
"Please update for SeaMonkey
by Tikky on December 1, 2013
The latest version for SeaMonkey (2.2) can't export mail (it doesn't
create the files). It works with the 2.8.0.4 TB version - but you have
to manually change install.rdf to make it compatible. So for those who
can't/won't make that change, please make an updated seamonkey version
available."
I'm not quite sure what Tikky is saying here. IET certainly works with
TB (well, version 2.3.3 does) as I've used it to import .mbx emails.
What he says suggests that he actually got ImportExportTools 2.8.0.4
installed OK (for SM), but the export function didn't work. With be, it
won't install, and I get the 'incompatible' message.
However, I then found further references to IET being incompatible with
the latest version of SM, and there's a lot of expert discussion on
modifying install.rdf (which indeed does appear if you do an extract on
the .xpi file). I used Notepad to have a look at it, but it's simply a
short piece of gobbledegook, and looks nothing like what the discussions
indicate. So far I haven't found an idiot's guide to doing the editing,
so hopefully the author of ImportExportTools (Paolo "Kaosmos") will
eventually find the time to do the SM update.
--
Ian
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