Hi Peter, That is strange. I have had very good luck in past importing from Thunderbird. It was admittedly on an older version of OS X but one would hope that no regression bugs were introduced in the upgrades.
I checked my notes on the subject and found that there is a python script which can make for a cleaner import. Here is the Mac OS X Hints article: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040609231712503 I modified this script slightly to make the process easier. Give it a try and let me know if you have a problem. Cheers, Carlo PS: Just to be clear, the above script is not a requirement for importing from Thunderbird -- it just cleans up some unnecessary Thunderbird internal indexes and caches. On 17/02/2012, at 14:48 , Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 17/02/2012, at 8:40 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> On 17/02/2012, at 8:09 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >> >>> >>> On 16/02/2012, at 6:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Peter, >>>> >>>> Windows Migration Assistant >>>> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796> >>> >>> >>> That was the first thing I tried, of course (after assuring the client that >>> this was going to be a piece of cake :-) ). The problem is that it relies >>> on the Mac being able to network successfully to the PC. The client's >>> problematic Nortons installation was preventing this from happening (at >>> least I suspect it was Nortons to blame). The Mac could see the PC on the >>> network, just not able to access it in any way, so Migration Assistant was >>> a waste of time. The connection was never made. Rather than waste the >>> client's time trying to sort out THAT issue, I felt it would be faster just >>> to do it all manually. Everything worked fine except for the mail. >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> I’m sorry, I obviously did not read your first email thoroughly :( >> >> This is a 2009 solution, so have no idea if it will solve your problem. >> >> 1. Copy entire Windows Mail folder into your Mac OS X. >> You can find it in your Windows machine under Users/[your username >> profile]/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Mail >> >> 2. Install Thunderbird on your Mac. >> >> 3. Install this AddOn on Thunderbird : >> <http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html> >> >> 4. Restart Thunderbird. Under Tools menu you can find Import/Export mbox/eml >> format. >> Select Import all eml files from a directory, then also from >> sottodirectories. >> Browse to location where you copied Windows Mail folder. >> >> 5. Import from Thunderbird into Mail. >> >> > > Been there, done that unfortunately. Yes, it should work… but it doesn't :-( > > As I said in my original email, Thunderbird imports the Windows Mail just > fine. No problems there. It's getting it back out of Thunderbird that becomes > the issue now. Instead of (for example) 173 Mb of messages being converted > into separate messages, I get one message 173Mb in size, displaying the > contents of the first message in the stack. Not terribly useful. This happens > whether I import directly from Thunderbird using Mail's Import command, or > whether I first export from Thunderbird as mbox files (the mboximport plugin > allows that), and then import into Mail. Either way, I get the same result. > > It was exasperation with the Thunderbird (non)solution that prompted my > original email. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
