Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:17:11 -0500
"Tom Goulet" <tomgtrfd@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <mashrom.head@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello,..
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> > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail :
> > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get
> > messages from there.
>
You can also setup a local imap server and then access your mail through imap
> Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but
> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can
> import Mbox files into Thunderbird.
>
> It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local
> Folders" directory within your "profile directory".
>
> By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files.
>
> So you might end up running something like this:
>
> The shell command would end up looking something like this:
> cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\
> Folders
>
> Then restart Thunderbird.
>
> Tom
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