Importing mail to KMAIL

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Friday, June 13th 2003, 1:09pm

Hi, I have been a netscape mail user for many years now, and I would like to start using kmail, well I have one small issue, I would like to import all my email/address to kmail from netscape mail, and I can't. Does anyone knows how to do that?

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JamesWilson

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Friday, June 13th 2003, 1:25pm

I assume Tools->Import...->Netscape LDIF Addressbook did not work for you?

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tuxnet

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Friday, June 13th 2003, 1:27pm

Unfortunatly it did not, it tells me to sellect a directory, (I do) it tells me to continue (I do), BUT nothing happens. :cry:

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JamesWilson

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Friday, June 13th 2003, 5:52pm

I know I read something about it a while ago, but am unable to find it right now. Will let you know when I do.

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Monday, June 16th 2003, 2:04pm

Thanks because untill I find a way to import all my mail and addresses I will have to stick to the old Netscape mail.

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JamesWilson

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Monday, June 16th 2003, 7:42pm

I still cannot find it, but maybe you could try another way?
Say you export it to a comma delimited file(csv) in Netscape and then import it to kmail?
Just an idea as a work around. I looked at the bug list, but did not see a solution as yet...

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tuxnet

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Tuesday, June 17th 2003, 10:03am

:cry: It looks like I am not suppose to move over to kmail unless I am willing to loose all my emails & contacts, because I can not export anything in Netscape apart from my bookmarks. Anyway thanks for your help and if I ever find out how to export or import or transfer it, I'll post it here!

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Wednesday, June 18th 2003, 12:57pm

Netscape's mails should be in mbx or maildir format.

It should be possible to copy them to the KMail mail directory ~/Mail and starting KMail to have them imported.

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Wednesday, June 18th 2003, 1:50pm

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Original von anda_skoa

Netscape's mails should be in mbx or maildir format.

It should be possible to copy them to the KMail mail directory ~/Mail and starting KMail to have them imported.

hth,
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If that is true, you are a star, I'll be trying it out tonight and I'll let you know if it works! many thanks in advance.

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