How to transfer kmail2 messages to Thunderbird?

[Mark Greenwood]

On 30/12/12 17:09, kubuntu wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am fed up with kmail taking so long to do things and hogging the
> system.  I thought I would try Thunderbird, I installed it and set up
> accounts but I can not find my old mail which I need.
> Where is kmail2 mail stored and can it be exported?
> How can Thunderbird import the old messages?
> Is Thunderbird a good choice or would another program be more suitable
> as a kmail replacement?
>
>

Have a look in ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail2/mail and if you're lucky you
might find some mailboxes but even if you do there's probably no other
app that can read them.
KMail2 has no export function, which is an omission that should be
illegal. :)
Thunderbird has an import/export plugin that might be able to handle the
mailboxes, if you can find them.
http://www.nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html
<http://www.nic-nac-project.de/%7Ekaosmos/mboximport-en.html>

The only other possible solution might be to create a temporary mail
folder on your mail server, move all your mail into that (from KMail) so
that it can be re-downloaded using Thunderbird.

(BTW these days I just use IMAP which makes swapping between email
clients much easier, like every few months when I try KMail to see if it
works yet :) ).

Good luck.

    Why is everything so complicated, after all I just want to receive
    pop2 email and save the history.

I agree, it's horrendously complex, even worse than setting up Outlook.
Trouble is they want KDE PIM to be a rival for things like
Outlook/Exchange when all most people want is something simple (like it
used to be). I'm using Thunderbird now. It's not as nice as the old
KMail but it's a darn sight easier to set up and use than KMail2.

Mark


    Please help a frustrated user.
    Thanks
    Paul

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