Importing large mbox file

Anders Lund anders at alweb.dk
Sat May 8 09:12:35 BST 2021


A bit more precicely, in kmail use Folder->Archieve... to create the archieve, 
and File->Import... to import the archieve.

lørdag den 8. maj 2021 09.58.06 CEST skrev 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.






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