Comments on: Import Apple Mail to Thunderbird

By: manitou

manitou — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:59:13 +0000

and how do you get that last link in english?
ImportExportTools for Thunderbird 1.0-3.0a2pre, http://www.erweiterungen.de/detail/155/

By: Cirrus

Cirrus — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:15:40 +0000

I just had to migrate an mbox from Mail 2 to Thunderbird 2. The Google search led me here, but I found that there is a much simpler solution around:

ImportExportTools for Thunderbird 1.0-3.0a2pre, http://www.erweiterungen.de/detail/155/

also available in English.

Works like a charm.

By: dc

dc — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:35:20 +0000

Here is one try in Python to make a small converter script that generates Thunderbird folder structures and mbox files from Apple 2 and 3 emlx formats…

http://web.mac.com/dcavar/DC-Python/Scripts.html

If you have ideas and suggestions how to extend this and make it a bulletproof script, let me know.

ciao
DC

By: carlos

carlos — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:41:58 +0000

Hi, thanks for info ! Worked great !!!!!

Best regards from Spain

Carlos

By: schmunzelmonster

schmunzelmonster — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:55:50 +0000

http://www.cosmicsoft.net/emlxconvert.html
Ether published that further up in this thread, it didnt appear as link for some reason. worked fine, I checked.

By: Liam O'Brien

Liam O'Brien — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:53:24 +0000

This link is down: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/emlxtomboxconverter.html . I would really like to get a copy of this converter. Can someone send me a copy? or tell me where I can get it.I am having problems with using SSL with Apple Mail (2.1.1) and want to switch to Thunderbird. I am using OSX10.4.11

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:44:19 +0000

Thanks Czarrar! Nice to see updated info from Mozilla.

By: Czarrar

Czarrar — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:50:12 +0000

Another way to convert mail.app file is detailed at the mozilla thunderbird faq site: http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#mail.app.

Basically, you select all the messages. say file save as and save as raw messages. this will save all the selected files in the mbox format.

By: Transition from Mail.app to Thunderbird (custom compiled) » Alpha Gecko

Transition from Mail.app to Thunderbird (custom compiled) » Alpha Gecko — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:39:02 +0000

[...] Then I selected “Tools / Import” from the menus, selected the “Mail” radio button, clicked “Next”…and discovered that Thunderbird doesn’t know how to import mail from Mail.app. Oh great. A little Googltime later, I had import instructions from TwisterMC (be sure to check the comments for info needed if you’re running the latest MacOS X), had my copy of emlxconvert, and started converting mail folders…of which I have about a googol. [...]

By: markie

markie — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:53:51 +0000

Alan,
I was able to use the cosmicsoft converter posted right above your question, to convert the backed up mail files to mbox, and then follow the directions in the main post. Worked really well, which was a relief since I had backedup my entire MacBook drive and then formatted it cause I had to send the machine back to my former employer. Thunderbird is the closest option to Mail.app, but I hadn’t backed up my boxes, so I was stuck with the individual EMLX files. Man that was getting frustrating. Thanks to everyone who posted information, btw..

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:02:53 +0000

Alan, I’d also suggest checking out macosx.com or Apple’s support forums.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:36:32 +0000

Thanks Thomas. Your suggestion makes sense. Unfortunately, I am now back in a land (South Asia) where there are almost no Apple machines, so I’ll have to wait a while before I can do the initial transfer to Thunderbird that you suggest. But when I discover an Apple machine to work with, I’ll give your idea a try.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:25:00 +0000

Alan, I’d suggest installing Thunderbird or Entourage and converting them to that first on the Mac. Then those files will probably be more PC compatible than Mail.app files.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:56:02 +0000

Hi. I am trying to figure how, or if it is possible, to import Apple Mail mailboxes into a WINDOWS version of Thunderbird (or any other windows email program, for that matter.) Does anyone have any suggestions?

Gratefully yours,

Alan

By: Ether

Ether — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:26:09 +0000

It’s at “http://www.cosmicsoft.net/emlxconvert.html”

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:10:49 +0000

Christian, Larry etc.: the link to emlxtomboxconverter seems to be broken, and I can’t find this program on Apple’s site. Any ideas where it’s gone, or if there is some new way to import Mail mailboxes into Thunderbird?

By: cathy

cathy — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:04:34 +0000

I am having a problem with the emails just disappearing after import them. I used the converter mentioned above. The box appears in the local folder. But when I apply filters or move emails they vanish.

(note: but if I open the file in thunderbird/profiles/mail/local I can see the emails…)

Ideas? Suggestions?

By: Stefania

Stefania — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:11:36 +0000

I want to migrate from apple mail v2.1 to a flash drive with U3 technology that I have installed Thunderbird Mail v1.5 for U3 on windows platform. Will theses tips on converting the emlx files to mbox files on an apple platform will work?

I’ve looked everywhere for support for the U3 tech and can’t find any.