[Bug 199887] New: Feature request: Save ALL emails as .mbox files

[homoludens]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199887

           Summary: Feature request: Save ALL emails as .mbox files
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: homoludens1000 at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

(There are a lot of 'Wishlist' / feature requests re: Kmail / Kontact archiving
/ backup functionality, but my request was too concrete to fit anywhere ... )

It would be very convenient if the "Save as" > (save as .mbox) functionality
were expanded so that one could save ALL emails (that is from ALL folders) as
an .mbox file.

(Currently, one can only save all emails out of one single folder. If one has a
large number of different folders -- like me -- saving each one becomes a
tedious matter.)

I suggest two ways for saving these emails:
(1.) SIMPLE / PLAIN SAVE: ALL emails are saved into one big .mbox file.

(2). HIERARCHICAL (and preferable): emails are saved into separate .mbox files
according to the folder they are in. The name of the .mbox file should ideally
reflect the folder structure, for example:
     FRIENDS
          BOB
               email 1
               email 2
               etc.
          MARY
               email 1
               email 2
               etc.
     WORK
          BOSS
               email 1
               email 2
               etc.
          ELEVATOR GIRL
               email 1
               email 2
               etc.

would be saved into 4 separate .mbox files:
     1.   "FRIENDS - BOB.mbox"
     2.   "FRIENDS - MARY.mbox"
     3.   "WORK - BOSS.mbox"
     4.   "WORK - ELEVATOR GIRL.mbox"

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