752180 - Tools -> Import -> dialogs are empty, except for "everything" and adress book dialog

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 63389

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[doktor5000]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.4) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.4
Build ID: 20120422191440

Steps to reproduce:

Select Tools -> Import, then choose one of the options, except the "everything" option or the adress book option.


Actual results:

The dialogs are completely empty, and the "Next" button is greyed out.


Expected results:

It should offer at least the possibily to import single mail files.

Comment 2

[doktor5000]

Uhmm, okay, but what about if i want to import some single mails, which are in .eml format? Seems the other report is just about .mbox import, no?

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

.eml is mbox but only with a single email instead of more.

Comment 4

[doktor5000]

Well, after looking again at the other report, for two years nothing has happened there, looks like some kind of waste-dump, IMHO. 

Am i understanding it right that this basically means that thunderbird can't even import an .mbox file or single mail which could have been created by the same version of thunderbird (or at least not via this dedicated Tools -> Import menu, which would be rather important for novice users)?

Oh boy, oh boy ... :/

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

>Am i understanding it right that this basically means
That is right. It's possible via copying the files manually but not via menu.
A .eml file can be however opened with TB and there is AFAIK a way to get a copy of it in the local folders.

>... for two years nothing has happened there ...
Lack of manpower :-(

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

(In reply to Matthias Versen (Matti) from comment #5)
> >Am i understanding it right that this basically means
> That is right. It's possible via copying the files manually but not via menu.
> A .eml file can be however opened with TB and there is AFAIK a way to get a
> copy of it in the local folders.

If you open a .eml file in Thunderbird, you can do message menu, copy to, and pick any folder you like. This is a relatively recent enhancement, I think.

- David