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

[Darknight]

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.

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