Elton Woo wrote: > I did a search on google, and came up with this link: > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/users/2002-March/003449.html > > When I do the procedure as outlined: > > 1) Import a single file with File type, "automatic". > Select one *folder* to import. e.g. /home/abe/Mail/inbox > (i.e. *highlight* "inbox") > 2) Import TO "Local" OR Import to "Local ---> Inbox", > and Evolution complains > "There is no importer that is able to handle /home/abe/Mail" > > I note that the information in the aforementioned link is > dated 23 Mar 2002, so what am I doing wrong? If I *am* > following the procedure correctly, what has changed in > Evolution? > > TIA, > > Elton ;-) > > -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html > "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." > LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718. > Well, I recently changed over to Evolution from KMail. This is what I ended up doing: You will need to transfer a foler or individual email at a time. You cannot convert the whole thing in one easy step unfortunately. Or at least no way that I know of. First, the KMail side: >From within KMail, 1) I selected the folder I wanted to export. 2) Select all messages from within the folder you want to export (Edit/Select all messages) 3) Save the messages as a file <FileName> (File/Save As) For this portion, I created a directory MailConvert and saved each folder into it. Just made it easier to keep track, I had a lot of folders. Second, the Evolution side: 1) Create the new folder names (File/Folder/New Folder) for each folder you are going to import. 2) Import (File/Import) (Forward) Select "Import a single file" (Forward) Select the file to be imported <FileName> (Browse) (Forward) (Import) Select the appropriate folder (OK) 3) Repeat step 2 until all files are imported. This should import 90-95% of the emails. For some reason some of mine were currupted on the import processes. In which case, I just needed to import them as separate files and the were ok. Legend: () = button <> = variable I hope this helps, Ed
