On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 11:48 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: > The Wassermans wrote: > > I have Thunderbird (ver 2.0.0.14 for Windows) on an old PC. I want to > > transfer all of that mail to Evolution (Ubuntu 8.04) on my present PC. > > > > There is no apparent export function in T/Bird. (The Internet has some > > suggestions but I can't get any of them to work!) > > > > Where and what directories/files can I copy to the new PC in order to > > have Evolution import the mail? > > The Mozilla Thunderbird FAQ covers this: > http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#export > > The mail files are stored in MBOX format. This is universally readable > by most mail programs. Evolution can import direct from these files via > it's built in Import wizard by selecting the "Import Single File" > option, and pointing to your "Inbox" file within your Thunderbird profile. > > -Dan >
Thank you Dan, Mission accomplished. (Part of the problem was I couldn't find where the files were stored in the Windows system. Finally, I simply went into Thunderbird>Account Settings . . . and there, low and behold, it revealed the "local directory".) Thanks again Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
