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[Richard Harke]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I wasn't able to get the import function in
thunderbird to
work. What I finally did is: open thunderbird and create the folders
(empty, of course)
Then I exited thunderbird and, one folder at a time, I deleted the folder
(directory) and then
re-created it using a python program that converted a maildir to mbox. Next
time I opened
thunderbird my emails were there.

Richard


On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Susan Baur (susan at cdl.edu):
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Did you see this stackoverflow article?
> >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4780441/how-to-import-mails-into-thunderbird-from-maildir-format
>
> Despite the URL and title, the question posed (and I'll get to the two
> answers in a moment) involve figuring out how to get mails down from a
> local IMAP server (something like Dovecot).  The local IMAPd is said to
> have _its_ message store in Maildir.
>
> Answer #1 was:  Use a local mail reader to bulk-pull all mail from
> the local IMAPd and save the mail from the local mail reader, e.g., to
> mbox format.  Then use that mbox with Thunderbird.  (The helper was a
> bit vague about how to do the latter part.)
>
> Or, helper #1 adds, move the entire Maildir tree to the machine where
> Thunderbird will be running, install Dovecot as a local IMAPd on said
> machine with the Maildir tree as _its_ message store, and configure
> Thunderbird to take its mail from the local IMAPd.
>
> Answer 1a was a bit baroque, but suited the situation where the user had
> a local IMAPd.  But Richard doesn't have one of those.
>
> Answer 1b is even a bit more baroque, but in present context not only
> assumes Richard has a local IMAPd but also will want to keep using one.
>
>
>
> Answer #2 was:  Install the Import Export Tool extension for Thunderbird
> (that I've mentioned before).  Rename all individual mails in the
> Maildir trees to have .eml filename extensions (using utility mmv) and
> then use the Import Export Tool extension's feature to 'Import all EML
> files from a directory'.   This would work, if Richard has the mmv
> utility.
>
> I admire answer #2; it's ingenious.  Lots of ways to solve the problem,
> and this one exhibited lateral thinking.  My own inclination would be to
> attack the problem directly and convert the Maildir tree to mbox using a
> utiltiy for that purpose.
>
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