Importing Kmail files from Kubuntu 6.06 to Kubuntu 11.10 : Solved

[rswanson]

  On 07/21/2012 07:16 PM, rswanson wrote:
>> I had to update my old system, (Kubuntu 6.06), and because the
>> files are so important to me as a listowner of a group , I backed up the
>> old drive and replaced it with a new HD and Kubuntu 11.10, but the new
>> kmail would not import the older kmail files. They are in the /Mail
>> folder, and are available, but the subject line is not readable.
>> I have tried importing the mail files with Kmail, Thunderbird, and
>> SeaMonkey, with no luck.
>> I installed the original Kubuntu HD in another computer, and I can
>> read the files, but that doesn't solve my problem.
>> Does anyone have any way to successfully import the older files to
>> my new system? Would it work to install another, older, Kubuntu system
>> and import the files that way? I can't just dump the system and start
>> again and there are too many files to do it manually. ( over 40,000 )
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>
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It isn't the most elegant solution, but putting the old drive in an 
external USB box didn't work.
I physically added my source HD in the Kubuntu machine to the secondary 
ATA cable.
I ensured that the driver was registered in the BIOS.
I booted the Kubuntu 11.10 system up, and mounded the old ( source) drive.
I started up kmail in the new system, opened the import file,
selected the appropriate kmail import location
( kmail Maildirs and folder structure )
and the rest was a no brainer.  You have to watch the transfer because 
in my case there were many files that would not transfer because they 
were probably corrupted.  When this happens, the transfer stopps and a 
menu pops up that requires your action.
I was able to transfer all 64,000 files successfully!
Thrilled is not the word that describes how I feel right now.
I hope this is of use to someone.
Bob