[kdepim-users] kmail2 apparently losing mail while migrating to local imap

[James K. Gruetzner]

On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 07:34:11 Darknight wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 September 2011 14:57:21 Darknight wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 September 2011 14:43:23 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > > Yes, I solved the problem quite nicely.
> > > 
> > > I realized that KDEPIM fits all the characteristics of a second major
> > > project (read The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks to find out
> > > how very dangerous such project are) and is therefore unlikely to ever
> > > work properly. So I excised KDEPIM from all my machines and am now
> > > happily using claws-mail.
> > > 
> > > Harsh words? Sure. But I believe justified.
> > > 
> > > The final straw (after happily using kmail for 6 years) was when kmail2
> > > started silently deleting mail folders.
> > 
> > I'm fed up too, I used to swear by kmail but no more.
> > I'm going to use thunderbird but I still need to move my (gargantuan)
> > folders to the imap server, can claws *painlessly* import them and do the
> > work?
> 
> I reply to myself so that others may benefit. I found out that I can create
> an mbox resource and put the mail there, other mail programs will be able
> to read it.
 
If you have time, could you either post a how-to or a link on how to do this (I'm 
a scientific programmer, not an applications guy).  I've been using kmail for years 
and haven't switched to kmail2 yet.  The prospect of kmail2 silently deleting mail 
folders as reported is a large risk, so I'd best start looking for and evaluating 
other options soon.  

Thanks for your help.
   James

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