Are there any guides or tips and tricks for planning a migration from Thunderbird to KMail? The wiki did not have anything.
Thanks.
On 3/28/23 7:57 AM, Darrell Anderson via tde-users wrote:
Are there any guides or tips and tricks for planning a migration from Thunderbird to KMail? The wiki did not have anything.
I don't know anything specific to KMail, but if you're using IMAP, there's not really anything to migrate. Just set up the account in KMail and let it download. If you're using POP in Tbird, you'd first have to set up an IMAP account in Tbird, move or copy the mail to the IMAP account, and let it upload.
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On Tuesday 28 March 2023, Dan Youngquist via tde-users was heard to say:
If you're using POP in Tbird, you'd first have to set up an IMAP account in Tbird, move or copy the mail to the IMAP account, and let it upload.
Does Tbird use mbox files? Because Kmail does, and it my be possible to copy the mbox files over and let kmail index them.
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On 3/28/23 9:37 AM, Curt Howland via tde-users wrote:
Does Tbird use mbox files? Because Kmail does, and it my be possible to copy the mbox files over and let kmail index them.
I believe so, but I'd be inclined to have Kmail download the mail via IMAP anyway, just to make sure it gets to set things up the way it wants them.
Anno domini 2023 Tue, 28 Mar 10:36:04 -0700 Dan Youngquist via tde-users scripsit:
On 3/28/23 9:37 AM, Curt Howland via tde-users wrote:
Does Tbird use mbox files? Because Kmail does, and it my be possible to copy the mbox files over and let kmail index them.
I believe so, but I'd be inclined to have Kmail download the mail via IMAP anyway, just to make sure it gets to set things up the way it wants them.
When you go that way you might consider using maildir instead of mbox.
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Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
I believe so, but I'd be inclined to have Kmail download the mail via IMAP anyway, just to make sure it gets to set things up the way it wants them.
But IMAP is not about downloading locally. It is about managing the mails on the server. This is why it is called Access (Internet Message Access Protocol) You can actually use both clients with same effect.
Regarding your original question "Are there any guides or tips and tricks for planning a migration from Thunderbird to KMail? The wiki did not have anything."
The clients can use different protocols and support different type of mail box formats.
So if presumably you are useing IMAP, you must configure KMail and this will work. Pay attention to set Trash and other folders after setting up the account.
If you are using POP or some other protocol, use mbox to export and when importing in KMail use Maildir. In this case you must also configure KMail to use POP
On 3/28/23 11:56 AM, deloptes via tde-users wrote:
But IMAP is not about downloading locally. It is about managing the mails on the server. This is why it is called Access (Internet Message Access Protocol)
And yet, one of its main functions is to download mail locally and keep it synchronized with the server. It also makes it really easy to upload mail that's stored locally back to the server to transfer to another computer (or mail program on the same computer).
You can actually use both clients with same effect.
And at the same time, whether on the same computer or multiple computers, which is really handy if you regularly use multiple computers.
Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
And yet, one of its main functions is to download mail locally and keep it synchronized with the server. It also makes it really easy to upload mail that's stored locally back to the server to transfer to another computer (or mail program on the same computer).
if you know that much, why asking? I do not think you understand imap correctly but I do not want to argue with you. Yes, it is saving locally, but it is part of the KMail/IMAP functionality. AFAIK it is used to sync up with the server. This is transparent to you as a user. All you need is to configure your account. IMAP itself is not saving any messages locally. On the server side however you can choose the mailbox type (backend) - Maildir or DB or whatever.
You can have a look at the import wizard in kmail and read the instructions there. Also I found imapsync very useful for handling IMAP mailbox backups. We actually migrated 10x millions mailboxes with it.
You can actually use both clients with same effect.
And at the same time, whether on the same computer or multiple computers, which is really handy if you regularly use multiple computers.
The phone and the PC at least.
On 3/28/23 1:54 PM, deloptes via tde-users wrote:
if you know that much, why asking?
I haven't asked anything. You may be confusing me with the original poster.
I don't really care about the gory details of how IMAP works; I just know it makes it easy to move mail around.
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