[pmmail-list] Leaving PMMail for Thunderbird
Andrew Pitonyak
pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Sat, 03 Jan 2004 18:32:33 -0500
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Tim,
I don't suppose that you would mind sharing a copy of your Python scripts?
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:45:11 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:
>Markus Baertschi wrote:
>
>>I'm contemplating the same thing. How are you migrating your messages ?
>>
>>
>I was using a Python script once a month to archive my old messages in a
>one-file-per-month, Unix mailbox format anyway. It was easy to modify
>it to collect a folder-at-a-time into the Thunderbird directory tree.
>Thunderbird is smart enough to automatically reindex the folder if the
>mailbox file is newer than its last index, and it automatically picks up
>newly creating mailboxes when it starts, so the message import was all I
>needed.
>
>Thunderbird is also able to do CSV import of address books, so I wrote
>another short Python script to munge the PMMail address book files into
>a CSV format.
>
>>On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:50:57 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:
>>
>>>Well, folks, after a 5-year run with PMMail, I find that I can no longer
>>>put up with the inferior (and unchanging) support for valid MIME
>>>structures and reasonably formatted e-mail. I'm switching today to
>>>Thunderbird. Even though it is only at version 0.4, it is already a
>>>winner, as far as I can tell. My only complains are with performance,
>>>and that will only improve as time goes on. Plus, it is available in
>>>source form, so I can fix the things that drive me nuts!
>>>
>>>
>
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Tim,<BR>
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I don't suppose that you would mind sharing a copy of your Python scripts?<BR>
<BR>
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:45:11 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:<BR>
<BR>
>Markus Baertschi wrote:<BR>
><BR>
>>I'm contemplating the same thing. How are you migrating your messages ?<BR>
>> <BR>
>><BR>
>I was using a Python script once a month to archive my old messages in a <BR>
>one-file-per-month, Unix mailbox format anyway. It was easy to modify <BR>
>it to collect a folder-at-a-time into the Thunderbird directory tree. <BR>
>Thunderbird is smart enough to automatically reindex the folder if the <BR>
>mailbox file is newer than its last index, and it automatically picks up <BR>
>newly creating mailboxes when it starts, so the message import was all I <BR>
>needed.<BR>
><BR>
>Thunderbird is also able to do CSV import of address books, so I wrote <BR>
>another short Python script to munge the PMMail address book files into <BR>
>a CSV format.<BR>
><BR>
>>On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:50:57 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:<BR>
>><BR>
>>>Well, folks, after a 5-year run with PMMail, I find that I can no longer <BR>
>>>put up with the inferior (and unchanging) support for valid MIME <BR>
>>>structures and reasonably formatted e-mail. I'm switching today to <BR>
>>>Thunderbird. Even though it is only at version 0.4, it is already a <BR>
>>>winner, as far as I can tell. My only complains are with performance, <BR>
>>>and that will only improve as time goes on. Plus, it is available in <BR>
>>>source form, so I can fix the things that drive me nuts!<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>><BR>
><BR>
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