Re: Combining Icedove data

[Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com>]

On 05/01/13 04:27 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I am trying to combine the information from my laptop version of 
> Icedove into the icedove copy on my home PC. I have the import / 
> export addon installed on the PC copy. Both files presently reside at 
> /etc/.icedove/xxxxx.default on the PC. I am presently using Debian 
> Wheezy and Icedove 10,0,11.
>
> The e7.......default directory is presently being used by icedove. I 
> wish to fold in the data from the 7m.........default directory that 
> was originally on the laptop. I can follow the process from Tools -> 
> Import/Export Tools -> Import Mbox File but what to do next alludes 
> me. I don't have a file, I have a directory that contains a ton of 
> information.
>
> Any help will be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Gary R.
So far as I can tell, Icedove/Thunderbird doesn't have that capability 
directly. However you can create a new mail account and point it at the 
folder containing the old mail that you want to import. Then you can 
copy the folders or individual e-mails directly.