If I do not already have folders to import under the new Local Folders subdir, I can only select to import an mbox file, which I do not use. Why is it so hard to get this working? I use one and the same application, why does Thunderbird not recognise the old e-mails if I just copy its whole Local Folders directory from my old to my new Ah, OK, right clicking on Local Folders does give me a drop down menu with ImportExportTools. thunderbird/.fault/Mail/Local Folders/, so apparently Thunderbird is still referring to wherever I put those mails and does not copy them under its own Local Folders directory. Also no new directories appear under the. However I only get to see the messages of the last 2 months or so. Now when I do copy my old mails to a directory that is not hidden, I can import them, and then I do get to see them within the Local Folders of the navigator at the left side in the Thunderbird application. But in all cases Thunderbirds file selector ignores hidden directories, which is obnoxious since Thunderbird puts all its files under. If I do copy a mailbox directory (with "cur" and "tmp" subdirs) into my new Local Folders, and restart Thunderbird, then I do get to see those new dirs and can rightclick on those: the ImportExportTools then allow me to import messages (or import all messages from a directory), and open a file search window. Read this answer in context 👍 0 All Replies Ah, OK, right clicking on Local Folders does give me a drop down menu with ImportExportTools. In any case thanks to Stan for his continued interest and good suggestions. I switched to Thunderbird 2,5 years ago, I am disappointed that the bugs in maildir support have not been ironed out since then.
I abandoned mbox a long time ago for several reasons, some are mentioned in the maildir-thunderbird page that Stans referred to. I find it silly to use mbox format for each and every individual message file, I don't know where that came from. I don't know the reason for the change, I suppose a recent update of the program changed some settings. eml extension) are in mbox format according to the `file` command. eml, whereas the older files (that do not have a. It now became apparent that the last few months the e-mails have been saved as. thunderbird directory (which included Local Files) from my old to my new host, and now finally the new Thunderbird can read all my old messages.Ī detail: I reported that when importing with InputExportTools I only got to see the messages of the last 2 months.
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