I have lots of old messages in ~/Mail and have used Kmail for a very long time. How do I get this stuff imported into the new version of Kmail in 11.10? I cannot make sense out of File->Import Messages. Has anyone else on the list done this and would be willing to get me started?
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Re: Kmail to Kmail2
file >> import messages brings up the kmail import tool. You need to select the type of mail folder you have (most likely Kmail maildir), and then browse to the folder you want to import, in this case ~/Mail. it will copy the mails into a subfolder of your choosing.
Another option (I have not done this myself) is to add a new resource in kmail's account settings, and select 'Kmail maildir" as the type, and point it to ~/Mail. this will give ~/Mail its own top-level folder structure, separate from your Inbox/Outbox/Trash.
Even one other option (again, I have not done this myself) if you used ~/Mail as your main Inbox/Trash/etc, is to edit the Local Folders resource (back in the Accounts section) and point it to ~/Mail
Do back up, just to be safe, though none of these processes deletes any mails.
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Re: Kmail to Kmail2
Originally posted by claydohfile >> import messages brings up the kmail import tool. You need to select the type of mail folder you have (most likely Kmail maildir), and then browse to the folder you want to import, in this case ~/Mail. it will copy the mails into a subfolder of your choosing.
Another option (I have not done this myself) is to add a new resource in kmail's account settings, and select 'Kmail maildir" as the type, and point it to ~/Mail. this will give ~/Mail its own top-level folder structure, separate from your Inbox/Outbox/Trash.
Even one other option (again, I have not done this myself) if you used ~/Mail as your main Inbox/Trash/etc, is to edit the Local Folders resource (back in the Accounts section) and point it to ~/Mail
Do back up, just to be safe, though none of these processes deletes any mails.
Thank you for the help
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