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Import Export Tools that supports Thunderbird v68-v128
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Import thunderbird mbox to maildir profile not working #40

Open webenhanced opened 4 years ago

webenhanced commented 4 years ago

I am trying to import the old sent mbox files from thunderbird (in mbox mode) into thunderbird 68.1.1 (in maildir mode). My importexporttools-ng version is 4.0.4 and I am on Fedora 29 linux. Not sure if this is a bug or the monkey in the seat :)

When I changed from mbox to maildir as the default mailbox format, I created a new profile to do it. It was a couple of months ago and I am not sure how I got the inboxes imported but I did OK. Probably exported them while running the old profile then imported the directory in the new profile.

When I use this extension in the new profile to attempt an import from the Sent (next to Sent.msf) file, I have a couple of troubles.

1/ The file picker window does not show files without extensions so I had to rename the Sent file in the old profile to Sent.mbox and then select all files from the drop down.

2/ I right-click on the Sent folder in the new profile's folder pane and choose "Import messages", then choose the mbox file, and click "Open". Nothing happens except a message in the bottom bar saying 1 message deleted from sent. And no messages get imported.

So am I using the wrong import menu item? If so, which menu item? There is no "Import mbox file" option.

I managed with a very small sent mbox file (8 messages only) by using a text editor and saving each message in individual eml files. Importing them worked fine.

Thanks, Graham

cleidigh commented 4 years ago

@webenhanced Thanks for the issue post. ha! "monkey in the seat" ! I read this really late last night when my brain was fried and I knew it was a funny quip but my brain just didn't get it . then this morning I had the duh moment. Without even going into the details I can be confident that it is not the monkey ;-)

Since "adopting" this extension I have the least experience on Linux as require the use of dictation software as I am disabled which doesn't really get me far off Windows (VM uses the only practical way) Anyway I have another issue that may have a platform dependency unexpectedly , I have to set up to do some tests. I will see if I can e-mail some more comments after I look at it.
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PhilD35 commented 3 years ago

I succeed to copy my mbox LocalFolders/Archives from a mbox profile to a maildir profile. https://github.com/thundernest/import-export-tools-ng/issues/169#issuecomment-742831357

hope this help :-)