Importing large mbox file

[Anders Lund]

Hi,

I have no experience with gmail, but I recently did a backup/reimport of my 
IMAP mail by using the kmail "Archieve" function, and then unpacking the mail 
into another account.

Maybe this works for you as well.

Kindly,
Anders

lørdag den 8. maj 2021 09.22.46 CEST skrev Aldo Latino:
> Hi all,
> in order to speed up the Kmail initial loading (i.e., synchronization of all
> mail folders) and the periodic checks of "All mail" folder, I have
> downloaded a copy of all my Gmail emails with the Gmail Takeout tool. The
> downloaded file is a 3 GB mbox single file.
> 
> Before deleting the emails on my online account, I should be able to open
> the emails in my local computer with Kmail.
> 
> I already tried creating this folder:
> ~/.local/share/local-mail/Gmail backup
> Kmail sees the new folder but takes a long time trying to read it but
> finally Kmail doesn't show any email in that folder.
> 
> Is there a way to import and read them in a local folder of Kmail?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Regards.