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[ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>]

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