[olug] Successful Thunderbird to Evolution

[Sean Edwards]

With Novell releasing the Exchange connector as
OpenSource, my confidence in Evolution is restored. 
So after the Linux Lunch today, I migrated my Mozilla
Thunder Bird eMail box to Evolution.  The migration
was simple:

1) The Evlolution Import utility could not see the
hidden directory holding the Thunderbird Inbox, so in
my home directory, I created a soft link to the file:

ln -s .mozilla/default/y2r8do5c.slt/Mail/Local\
Folders/Inbox Inbox

Planning ahead, I did this for my Sent folder as well:

ln -s .mozilla/default/y2r8do5c.slt/Mail/Local\
Folders/Sent Sent

2) I set the File Time to Automatic, and eventually it
prompted me to select mbox or ical.  I selected mbox,
and everything came over, without a problem.  This
also worked for the Sent folder.

I guess the reason why there is not alot of
documentation about converting from a Mozilla mail
client to Evolution is becaue it's so easy!

-=Sean=-



	
		
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