Email Content Conversion

[DonB]

Hi:
Any way to convert Thunderbird Mail to Claws Mail for MS Windows?

 

[Corday]

On this page: Claws Mail - Tools scroll to this:

tbird2claws.py

Integrate a Mozilla Thunderbird mailbox into Claws Mail

 

[DonB]

How do I run tbird2claws.py

 

[Corday]

Back up your Email. See claws-mail/tbird2claws.py at master · Tux/claws-mail and after running, restart. If you're not comfortable doing this, seek another solution because reversing is difficult although a disc clone would work if you've created it.

 

[DonB]

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ago50uAlnsbxhNd25smYDuZEyfipPA?e=vxS1l1

Please test conversion, Thanks, Don

 

[Corday]

Don, I'm not sure you want me to test. What was your result?

 

[DonB]

I haven't done anything yet.

I was going to copy over converted content
and do address books and folder
sorting rules

 

[Corday]

Back up first to a trusted medium.

 

[DonB]

I backed up Mozilla Thunderbird files using Mozbackup and installed Pythom 10.13 from MS Store...
Now what?
-Don

 

[Corday]

"Run" command or: How to: Run Scripts

 

[DonB]

Please see: OneDrive
to download the Thunderbird Profile Backup.zip and convert the
Mail Folders, Address Books and Mail Sort Rules.
When done, please reply to forum.

Thanks a lot for helping!!!
Son

 

[x BlueRobot]

Now what?

You need to download the Python script as mentioned by @Corday and then use the following command to execute it:

python <path>\tbird2claws.py . <path to claws-mail>\Mail

These instructions were part of the .py file, please see below:

#The script receives two parameters from command-line:
#<Thunderbird folder path> <Claws Mail folder path>

#Best way to use it is to go to inside yout Thunderbird
#root mailfolder directory and invoke it as:

#<path>\python3 <path>\tbird2claws.py . <path to claws-mail>\Mail

If you wish to import your address books and mail filtering rules, then you will need to install Perl and then download and execute following Perl scripts.

csv2addressbook.pl
thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl

These files are available from the same page which @Corday suggested earlier. You can run the Perl script in a similar way to Python. Please see here: Running Perl Script from Command Line?