On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:17:11 -0500 "Tom Goulet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello,.. > > > > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : > > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get > > messages from there. > You can also setup a local imap server and then access your mail through imap > Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but > http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can > import Mbox files into Thunderbird. > > It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local > Folders" directory within your "profile directory". > > By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files. > > So you might end up running something like this: > > The shell command would end up looking something like this: > cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\ > Folders > > Then restart Thunderbird. > > Tom > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]