1:58 p.m.
I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more
easily.
I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
instructions?
7:09 p.m.
Robert,
how ironic! In fact we used to live just south of eight mile between
woodward and livernois but that was many years ago.
regards,
Joe Verreau
Durand, MI
On 07/30/2014 08:23 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 07/30/2014 07:21 AM, joev.8450 wrote:
> did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this link:
> https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
> up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
> flexible and pretty straightforward.
NO, as I only searched addons. :(
>
> regards,
>
> Joe Verreau
> Durand, MI
HI, I am over in Oak Park, MI.
>
> On 07/29/2014 02:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>>
>> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
>> to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more
>> easily.
>>
>> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
>> the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
>> instructions?
>>
>>
11:12 a.m.
yea, I found it odd that this option was not listed in addon search esp
when it is discussed in thunderbird support. I have also used the file
copy approach which worked. Since I was moving from windows ntfs to
linux fedora I went with the import/export tools extension.
regards,
Joe Verreau
Durand, MI
On 07/30/2014 08:23 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 07/30/2014 07:21 AM, joev.8450 wrote:
> did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this link:
> https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
> up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
> flexible and pretty straightforward.
NO, as I only searched addons. :(
>
> regards,
>
> Joe Verreau
> Durand, MI
HI, I am over in Oak Park, MI.
>
> On 07/29/2014 02:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>>
>> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
>> to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more
>> easily.
>>
>> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
>> the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
>> instructions?
>>
>>
8:33 a.m.
On 30.07.2014 14:23, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 07/30/2014 07:21 AM, joev.8450 wrote:
> did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this link:
> https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
> up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
> flexible and pretty straightforward.
NO, as I only searched addons. :(
Tools
-> Add-ons
-> Get Add-ons(internal browser)
-> See all
-> "search for add-ons" <= ImportExportTools
-> Add to Thunderbird
poma
8:11 a.m.
On 30.07.2014 13:21, joev.8450 wrote:
did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this
link:
https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
flexible and pretty straightforward.
ImportExportTools
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/
poma
7:23 a.m.
On 07/30/2014 07:21 AM, joev.8450 wrote:
did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this
link:
https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
flexible and pretty straightforward.
NO, as I only searched addons. :(
regards,
Joe Verreau
Durand, MI
HI, I am over in Oak Park, MI.
On 07/29/2014 02:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>
> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
> to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more
> easily.
>
> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
> the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
> instructions?
>
>
2:09 a.m.
On 29Jul2014 20:07, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
>Where did you fetch them from?
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/
>When form are they in?
Good question. It looks like mbox.
Ah, a mailman archive folder.
It is like mbox, but has obfusactions in it to reduce the risks of email
address harvesting. (Personally I think this pointless, but it was all the rage
once).
You need to:
collate all the mail archives into a single file;
fortunately you can just concatentate them, and UNIX comes with
a command for that called "cat"
if they're compressed, you can gunzip them (before or after,
doesn't matter since you can concatenate gzipped files and ungzip the
total if you like)
undo the obfusation
Fortunately I have tools for this. I use this script:
https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/get-mailman-archive
to fetch and do it all, but it's not ready for others to use yet. Since I
gather you have the files already, just:
- decompress
- concatenate
then pipe them through "fix-mail-dates --mbox" and "un-at-" into
another file:
fix-mail-dates --mbox <fetched-archive | un-at- >import-ready-archive
These two scripts are here:
https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/fix-mail-dates
https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/un-at-
Let me know how this goes for you.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>
7:15 p.m.
New subject: Solved - Re: Importing mail archive into Thuderbird
On 07/29/2014 06:02 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
wrote:
> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>
> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and
> want to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to
> them more easily.
>
> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed
> in the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
> instructions?
Where did you fetch them from?
When form are they in?
For myself, the easiest way to import lots of messages is for them to
be in UNIX mbox format (normal UNIX flat file containing messages
separated by "From " lines); that is what Thurderbird uses.
Shout down Thunderbird. Move ("mv -i", to avoid accidents) the mbox
into your Thunderbird Local Folders directory with a sensible name.
Start Thunderbird. Your should have a new local folder, with which
you can do as you like.
that worked thanks.
7:07 p.m.
On 07/29/2014 06:02 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
wrote:
> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>
> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and
> want to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to
> them more easily.
>
> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed
> in the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
> instructions?
Where did you fetch them from?
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/
When form are they in?
Good question. It looks like mbox.
For myself, the easiest way to import lots of messages is for them to
be in UNIX mbox format (normal UNIX flat file containing messages
separated by "From " lines); that is what Thurderbird uses.
Shout down Thunderbird. Move ("mv -i", to avoid accidents) the mbox
into your Thunderbird Local Folders directory with a sensible name.
Start Thunderbird. Your should have a new local folder, with which
you can do as you like.
I will give that a try.
5:18 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
On 07/29/2014 04:54 PM, JD wrote:
Did you download them using Thunderbird?
Um. I never saw an option/way to do that. I downloaded the .qz then extracted it into
my home dir.
I found a plugin that claims to be able to import mail. I am assuming that the archives
are mbox, but I have no idea where it imported them to. Most definitely not my inbox.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
wrote:
I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want to
import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more easily.
I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in the
dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find instructions?
In that case, you will not be able to use that file as a mail folder
in thunderbird, nor will you
be able to use thunderbird to extract the messages from it into some
other folder.
It's format is very different to the format of mailfolders used (and
created) by thunderbird.
5:04 p.m.
On 07/29/2014 04:54 PM, JD wrote:
Did you download them using Thunderbird?
Um. I never saw an option/way to do that. I downloaded the .qz then
extracted it into my home dir.
I found a plugin that claims to be able to import mail. I am assuming
that the archives are mbox, but I have no idea where it imported them
to. Most definitely not my inbox.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
wrote:
> I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
>
> I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want to
> import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more easily.
>
> I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in the
> dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find instructions?
>
>
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5:02 p.m.
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them
more easily.
I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
instructions?
Where did you fetch them from?
When form are they in?
For myself, the easiest way to import lots of messages is for them to be in
UNIX mbox format (normal UNIX flat file containing messages separated by "From
" lines); that is what Thurderbird uses.
Shout down Thunderbird. Move ("mv -i", to avoid accidents) the mbox into your
Thunderbird Local Folders directory with a sensible name. Start Thunderbird.
Your should have a new local folder, with which you can do as you like.
Disclaimer: I prefer to use mutt.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>
3:54 p.m.
Did you download them using Thunderbird?
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
wrote:
I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want to
import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more easily.
I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in the
dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find instructions?
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6:21 a.m.
did you try the import/export tools extension? available at this link:
https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html. btw, it doesn't come
up searching for addons. i've used it several times and found it
flexible and pretty straightforward.
regards,
Joe Verreau
Durand, MI
On 07/29/2014 02:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am asking this here, as my system is F20 with Thunderbird 24.7.0.
I have downloaded an month's archived messages for Centos-arm and want
to import them into Thunderbird where I could then respond to them more
easily.
I tried the Tools>Import but when I select email, nothing is listed in
the dialog box. So how might I do the import? Where might i find
instructions?
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