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Import Export Tools that supports Thunderbird v68-v128
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Import mbox get immediate failure #238

Open jmgobrien opened 3 years ago

jmgobrien commented 3 years ago

Hi, When I try to import an mbox I get an immediate failure (see attachment). The account is an Outlook 365 IMAP server. Any idea why this is happening?

Best regards,
    Gerry

Impossible to import in this folder

cleidigh commented 3 years ago

@jmgobrien thanks for the post, sorry for the confusion. the original extension author made importing directly to a Imap folder disabled or better stated not allowed. the basics are that many servers will throttle or just timeout with too much activity. the typical workaround method is too import to a local folder. after that there are several people who have, for found ways to copy large amounts of e-mail. I have to find the post and I will reference for you. Christopher

jmgobrien commented 3 years ago

Thank you Christopher,

    Best regards,         Gerry

On 13/05/2021 23:21, Christopher Leidigh wrote:

@jmgobrien https://github.com/jmgobrien thanks for the post, sorry for the confusion. the original extension author made importing directly to a Imap folder disabled or better stated not allowed. the basics are that many servers will throttle or just timeout with too much activity. the typical workaround method is too import to a local folder. after that there are several people who have, for found ways to copy large amounts of e-mail. I have to find the post and I will reference for you. Christopher

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acshear commented 3 years ago

I am having the same problem. I don't see the reference to the post with the solution. Can anyone provide. Thanks.

phonebotco commented 3 years ago

I have exact same issue, and I found on google so many articles proposing to buy software and so many forum topics without any solution. What a shame! I trusted this extension. I export all my mails and I cannot get them back!

jobisoft commented 3 years ago

Did you try to import into a local folder?

jobisoft commented 3 years ago

I looks like the tree is not refreshing after the import, close TB and open it anew, it should be there.

And do not panic, you can still inspect the exported files to see your data is there.