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Daenzello

Member

From: Brussels

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 12

export thunderbird mailboxes

hi people,
I wonder if there is an application-independant format to save emails; for instance I'd like to move items from a thunderbird mailbox to a sylpheed account.

So far the only way I know is through an IMAP account, which is slow, bandwidth-consuming and ... uncool.

If you have any ideas...

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: export thunderbird mailboxes

I don't know about application-independent, but if you're looking for a one-way export/import operation, sylpheed can import thunderbird's mbox format.

IMAP uncool? You're definition of cool must be very different to mine...

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: export thunderbird mailboxes

mbox is supported by sylpheed, mutt, you name it, every mailer worth it's salt supports mbox.

iphitus