270238 - Add Incredimail detection and import facility

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Fabian Rodriguez:MagicFab]

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I would like to request the addition of exiting Incredimail installations
detection (at install time), and import facility.

Currently the only way to migrate an Incredimail install is to manually export
the address book to a CVS file and tediously re-importing in TB after
record-matching, and emails have to be exported with a third party undocumented
utility called IncrediConvert:

http://email.about.com/cs/emailutilities/gr/incrediconvert.htm

This utility merely creates .eml files for each message, putting them in
directories according to mail folders as configured in Incredimail. Folders have
to be created individually and the .eml files dragged & dropped as groups, for
each folder.

Further more, I'd like to propose this import facility to include HTML
signatures and message templates, if / when possible. There may be several
accounts configured in Incredimail. Although I know they can be password
protected, I have not investigated how this is accomplished.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Incredimail - http://www.incredimail.com
2. Configure an email account, fetch email
3. Create several folders, HTML signature, populate address book
4. Close application
5. Install Thunderbird
Actual Results:  
Incredimail install is not detected, there is no automated way to import its
data & preferences

Expected Results:  
TB should detect an existing Incredimail account install and propose to import
one of any existing profiles.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 3

[Vincent (caméléon)]

RE-OPEN because this is highly requested on GetSatisfaction (I have tagged some thread and a link to them. 
If you think (like me) that this bug will never be fixed, please add a comment to explain it.

Comment 4

[Fabian Rodriguez:MagicFab]

I don't suppose this will ever be resolved as part of core Thunderbird development.

There is documentation about doing this now at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_from_Incredimail.

This is far from ideal, but an acceptable workaround in a context where a user relies on email and can't use Incredimail because of company policy, security reasons or other personal reasons. Automated import is not a priority in such context and there is enough information to do this manually.

Comment 5

[Matt]

Should we close this as wontfix as incredimail will be exiting the market this month?
http://www.incredimail.com/

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

yes, dead and gone