333285 - Unable to import backed up .pst file in Thunderbird

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Paul Thompson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.5

Hi

I have a .pst file backed up on my hardrive. Now im willing to use thunderbird and have configured all my settings for the same. However when i select import from tools--> import and select email and browse to the location where my backup file is availble im unsucessful in importing it.

Error: Unable to find mail to import. Check to make sure the mail application is correctly installed on this machine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Thunderbird
2.Select import by clicking Tools
3.Select Mail
4.The above errror pops up



Expected Results:  
Mails which needs to be imported were not available in the inbox

should have imported all the mails and the folders,subfolders in the backup.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of/related to bug 297533, bug 260586 (-> Core bug 153419) and Suite bug 124486 comment 10?

Comment 2

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Does the issue still occur in the latest 2.0.0.x / trunk nightlies?

Comment 3

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to question in last comment. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to the bug detailing your reasons why.