Re: Thunderbird

[Rick DuVall <R_C_DUVALL@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tom,

      Yeah, I was using POP3 and had all my mail in local folders. I
      tried all the recommended stuff at the time, but never found
      anything that I could really use effectively. But that's just
      me...

Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 3:10:15 PM, you wrote:

> Rick DuVall wrote:

> >       The only issue I have ever had with Thunderbird is the lack of
> >       an export function. there is no way, if you decide to change, to
> >       export your mail or settings. That doesn't enage my comfort
> >       level appropriately... ;-)

> For IMAP, how much is there to export? Just connect to the server 
> with a different client.

> However, as an open-source project, various add-ons/utilities have 
> been created to implement export functions. These can be used for 
> entire folders that you might have created for local/off-line use 
> rather than for individual e-mail items (which can be exported as 
> .eml files.)

> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Export_mail_into_Outlook_(Express)_or_Apple_Mail
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/72xd9

> I've had no use for export, so I'm no source for info.

> Tom Liotta

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