Converting emails from Thunderbird to OE

[Miramonti]

Is a way to convert Thunderbird emails so that they can be imported into outlook express (ie to .eml files?)

 

[CaptainKahuna]

You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

indeed....... Now if you were going from TB to Outlook 2003

 

[jemow2]

If you're only talking about a few emails, then you can save the emails as .eml files in Thunderbird, then drag and drop over to OE.

If you're talking about hundereds of emails, I'm not sure. Maybe this page has some info.

 

[Specialk92282]

i made a utility that does this specifically...if you're interested pm me

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Specialk92282
i made a utility that does this specifically...if you're interested pm me

pm'ed

 

[okb]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

Meh. It's a pretty moot point if you ask me. Besides, how many emails do you preserve for years and years? If it's that critical you won't be leaving it in your email client, you'll probably copy/paste/print it and put it somewhere safe. Besides, it will always be cool to make products that beat the pants off of MS bloatware.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: okb

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

Besides, how many emails do you preserve for years and years? If it's that critical you won't be leaving it in your email client, you'll probably copy/paste/print it and put it somewhere safe.

I save almost all personal and business emails. And archiving electronically, including backing up online, is far more retrievable and secure than paper (as long as the archived format is readable.)

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

That's why I use IMAP instead of POP (in Thunderbird, of course).

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

That's why I use IMAP instead of POP (in Thunderbird, of course).

Please explain what that means and what it accomplishes for you, thx.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

That's why I use IMAP instead of POP (in Thunderbird, of course).

Please explain what that means and what it accomplishes for you, thx.

IMAP keeps your mail on the server when you check your email, only the headers are downloaded so you can quickly see what emails you've received. When you open the email, the rest of the data is downloaded. It's like webmail but the interface is provided by an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook. This means that my webmail and my local emails are always synched because everything is done through the server.

 

[Nothinman]

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

You would prefer a binary-only format that only one company understands over a plain-text format the everyone in the world can read easily?

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

That's why I use IMAP instead of POP (in Thunderbird, of course).

Please explain what that means and what it accomplishes for you, thx.

IMAP keeps your mail on the server when you check your email, only the headers are downloaded so you can quickly see what emails you've received. When you open the email, the rest of the data is downloaded. It's like webmail but the interface is provided by an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook. This means that my webmail and my local emails are always synched because everything is done through the server.

I see, thx.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: igowerf
IMAP keeps your mail on the server when you check your email, only the headers are downloaded so you can quickly see what emails you've received. When you open the email, the rest of the data is downloaded. It's like webmail but the interface is provided by an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook. This means that my webmail and my local emails are always synched because everything is done through the server.

You can leave email on a pop server too, imap just gives you much more control over how it's stored on the server.

 

[Nothinman]

You can leave email on a pop server too, imap just gives you much more control over how it's stored on the server.

And most POP3 servers give you a lot less space and you'll occassionally run into issues with clients downloading messages multiple times. It's just not worth attempting to use POP3 as a pseudo-IMAP server.

I personally run my own mail server with Cyrus IMAPd, postfix, fetchmail and spamassasin and I don't know how I would live without it.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: CaptainKahuna
You're goin the wrong way with that conversion...

So you say now...but wait until thunderbird becomes abandonware when people no longer think its cool and lead developers quit mozilla etc.

I'm not paranoid or pessimistic but feel a lot more secure leaving my years of emails in a format that has a better chance of being accessible for more years to come.

IMAP.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

You can leave email on a pop server too, imap just gives you much more control over how it's stored on the server.

And most POP3 servers give you a lot less space and you'll occassionally run into issues with clients downloading messages multiple times. It's just not worth attempting to use POP3 as a pseudo-IMAP server.

I'm not advocating pop, just making a clarification.

I personally run my own mail server with Cyrus IMAPd, postfix, fetchmail and spamassasin and I don't know how I would live without it.

That is indeed the most powerful and flexible solution. Unfortunatly, that's not an option for most people, as having email hosted for you takes so much less work.