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  • From: ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Migrating Thunderbird mail from linux to OS X
  • Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:10:19 -0400

Craig Duncan wrote:
I would like to move all existing mail from my Linux/Thunderbird account
to my new mac mini using the OS X mail application, preferably retaining
all my existing folders. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this?
Alternatively, can I migrate to Thunderbird on OS X without loosing any
folder structure?

TBird to TBird is probably just a matter of moving your mail directories and files to your new profile's mailbox location on the Mac.

If OS/X mail uses the mbox format, that may be similar. Have you checked for an importer function in this client?

A universal alternate would be to use IMAP. Setup a new account in TBird and upSync your existing mail to it. This puts it on the server. Then just connect with any other IMAP client and it will sync.

--rt




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