274371 - UI does not give option to import from Outlook Express

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167331

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Bilari]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I have Thunderbird on Redhat Linux 9. I have my email files from Outlook Express
from my old windows machine. When I select Tools->Import... from the menu, I
select "Mails" radio button. But in the next screens, I only get option as
"Communicator 4.x". How do I import from Outlook Express? 
I think importing must be based on file format rather than OS. I feel the
developers have assumed that a linux version may never require to import Outlook
Express emails.
So how do I solve it ?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to "Tools->Import...". Click "Next".
2.Select "Mails" radio button in next screen. Click "Next".


Actual Results:  
Only "Communicator 4.x" is shown in the selectable list.

Expected Results:  
It should show me all possible clients from which I can import regardless of
which OS i am using.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Outlook itself is used to import the messages and without outlook -> no Import

dupe of bug 167331

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 167331 ***