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migrating from Thunderbird to Claws Mail

Moving from Thunderbird to Claws Mail is getting easier. Now, in addition to the mailbox conversion script, (tbird2claws.py), we have added a script that converts Thunderbird filtering rules to Claws Mail filtering rules, thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl. So, in next to no time you can start a leaner, meaner email experience.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 12:40 and is filed under Claws Mail, Software.
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4 Responses to “migrating from Thunderbird to Claws Mail”

  1. deepak Says:
    Mon, 20th Jul 2009 19:24:08 +01:00

    The mailbox conversion script did not work for me. Can you guide me how to use it?

    Thanks

    Using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 on Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux
  2. p Says:
    Fri, 24th Jul 2009 14:22:06 +01:00

    I've never used thunderbird myself and thus never used this script. Did you read the README? The script takes two arguments, the first is the path to you thunderbird mailbox, the second is the path to the Claws Mail mail folder. Is there something more specific than that that you need to know?

    Alternately, I believe thunderbird has support for MBOX formatted mailboxes, (perhaps through an add-on). If your thunderbird mailbox is in MBOX format then you can import it into Claws Mail using '/File/Import MBOX file' from with Claws Mail.

    Using Debian IceWeasel Debian IceWeasel 3.0.12 on Debian GNU/Linux Debian GNU/Linux
  3. Martin Says:
    Thu, 24th Dec 2009 6:14:56 +01:00

    Your conversion script sounds promising but unfortunately it crashes on my system:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/tmp/claws-mail-tbird2claws/tbird2claws.py", line 118, in
    converttree(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
    File "/tmp/claws-mail-tbird2claws/tbird2claws.py", line 112, in convert    tree
    os.path.join(outtreepath,outpath,f))
    File "/tmp/claws-mail-tbird2claws/tbird2claws.py", line 96, in process    file
    makemessages(outputdir, filepath, offs, 1)
    File "/tmp/claws-mail-tbird2claws/tbird2claws.py", line 83, in make    messages
    lines = open(filepath).readlines()
    OverflowError: line is longer than a Python string can hold

    Using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 on Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux
  4. p Says:
    Thu, 24th Dec 2009 9:33:10 +01:00

    Martin: Thunderbird can export your mailbox to MBOX, then this can be imported by Claws Mail (/File/Import MBOX file…). Perhaps you want to try this method instead.

    Using Debian IceWeasel Debian IceWeasel 3.5.6 on Debian GNU/Linux Debian GNU/Linux

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