Star Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Released
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 19th Apr 2007 01:42 UTC, submitted by shykid
Mozilla & Gecko clones Thunderbird 2 is now available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux in over 35 languages. It offers easy ways to manage and organize your email with message tags, advanced folder views, message history navigation, find as you type, and improved new mail alert notifications. Thunderbird 2 also includes a refreshed user interface and support for Microsoft Vista.
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Go Thunderbird, never come back...
by duckie on Thu 19th Apr 2007 08:43 UTC
duckie
Member since:
2006-04-10

Go Thunderbird, never come back, not because its great (well, it is), but because there is no easy way to export your mail again!

Trying to move to Outlook a year later, was HELL. I tried several solutions, several extensions, nothing worked. I had to set up my own imap-server to move it!?

Cant find anything about enhanced export, until that, i wont touch it. Shame, because its great!

See for yourself: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Export_mail_into_Outlook_(Express)_or_Apple_Mail

Edited 2007-04-19 08:49

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antiknijn Member since:
2007-04-19

Any decent mail client has the responsibility to adequately *import* mail from various formats. That way, nobody has to worry about exporting.

You should complain about Outlook, not Thunderbird...

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jtinz Member since:
2006-02-06

Go Thunderbird, never come back, not because its great (well, it is), but because there is no easy way to export your mail again!

Is using IMAP not an option?

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trenchsol Member since:
2006-12-07

I think that you should be able to export. There is one file in UNIX mbox format per mail folder. I can't tell you the name of the file, because I don't use Thunderbird/Seamonkey at this time. 'mbox' format is the one that contains many plain text messages in a single file. You should be able to find them in you home directory uner .mozilla or .thunderbird directories.

I think most mail clients should be able to import mbox. If not then those clients are the ones missing important features.

For example, I managed to export to Sylpheed, which is MH format, by choosing to import mentioned mbox type folders.

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