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?
Did you download them using Thunderbird?
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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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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@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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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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@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.
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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@zip.com.au
On 07/29/2014 06:02 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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.
On 29Jul2014 20:07, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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@zip.com.au
On 07/29/2014 06:02 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 29Jul2014 14:58, Robert Moskowitz rgm@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.
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?
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?
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
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?
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?
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
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