[kdepim-users] Kmail1 to Kmail2 folder import

[O. Sinclair]

On 05/08/2011 09:56, Darknight wrote:
> On Friday 05 August 2011 08:19:18 ianseeks wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've got my current Kmail1 stype /home/???/Mail folders referenced as a
>> "Kmail Maildir" in Kmail2. - How can i import them into kmail2 format so i
>> can get rid of the "Kmail Maildir" configuration?  There is no import
>> option for converting the folders directly unless you have previously
>> exported them to a kmail archive file. As i now running kmail2 i can't
>> export my folders.
>>
>> I did a test of just moving a test folder from kmail1 to kmail2, it popped
>> up a message saying that you can't do it but it did move it anyway and
>> deleted the contents of that folder.
>
> In theory you should do nothing. The behaviour is intended.
> You could drag&  drop your kmail folders in your local folders (my
> kmail2/akonadi keeps adding these even if I don't need them and delete them)
> but the "kmail maildir" is a convenient way to import folders without having
> to move them around your hard disk.
>
I can sort of understand the concept but after my short stint with 
KMail2 I ask: why?

Why transfer/import old email to a special "mixed maildir" category 
instead of straight to "new maildir"? Is there any difference even 
except for me/you/one getting a folder structure extra?

This I just do not understand - and I also like a "tidy" structure 
myself where all my emails, old or recent, are in the same tree.

So the question is very valid I think.

/Sinclair
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