285853 - migration from (Mozilla suite and) SeaMonkey to Thunderbird should include mail folders, saved mail, and filters

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Migration, enhancement)

Description

[Nicolas Mandil (:NicolasWeb)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-FR; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-FR; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0.1

this for only keeping files that TB uses : having a clean profile. This should
be used by people, firms, universities...


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Nicolas Mandil (:NicolasWeb)]

I think this bug should be fix.
Sorry I'm too busy now to add comments.

Comment 3

[Deb]

Just downloaded and installed Thunderbird today.

Migrating from Sept 2005 build of SeaMonkey system

Mail messages were NOT imported.
Custom mail folders were NOT created.
Mail filters were NOT created.

Address Book, POP3 account information WAS copied.

This needs to be fixed, but I need some help on what to do get my email back

Comment 4

[Deb]

More information regarding non-migration....

Used the Mboximport function as described in the knowlegebase.  This worked fine for the single level/standard folders (Inbox, Sent, etc.)

This did NOT work for archives with multiple subfloders.

It appears that someone left the subfloder details out of the external specs.  This is just a guess.

Comment 5

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

I've seen another Tb bug (with patching activity) on this subject but I cannot find it back.

Comment 6

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

AFAIK migration should work correctly from SeaMonkey/Mozila Suite. There isn't enough detail in this bug with respect to what was in the profiles, what exactly didn't work (for instance did the migration dialog display?).

Therefore I'm going to resolve this incomplete. Deb or others, please can you file new bugs if you think there are still issues with the latest version.