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I would really like to switch over to Thunderbird from Evolution. I have had a look around and haven't found a good up to date how to for migrating. I have quite a lot of emails and filters and would like to make the transition as painless as possible.
thanks for any help.
Since the solutions above didn't work for me and because I think this should help a lot of users. Without guarantee ;-)
I've had the same problem and unfortunately Evolution was not able to export the mails correctly as mbox files. So I searched a good amount of time and finally found a solution.
I have a lot of folders and really a lot of messages. For some reason Evolution created mbox-files being really big (about 2GB for 100MB of mails). The size wouldn't be that problem, but Thunderbird couldn't import that files.
So fortunately there is this python script which gives advanced users the opportunity to move mails from Evolution to Thunderbird.
The solution is described here:
I used: Thunderbird 12.0.1, Evolution 3.2.3, Ubuntu 12.04.
Using the python script to convert from maildir to mbox you can create a mbox-structure that is imported with only a couple of clicks:
~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/ to a directory of your choice - let's say /tmp/mail-copy/local$ cd /tmp/mail-copy/$ python maildir2mbox.py local LocalMboxImport/Export->Import mbox file->Import one or more mbox files, with its/their subdirectories and select the /tmp/mail-copy/LocalMbox fileYou can use the Thunderbird Message Filter Import/Export Enhanced addon to export and import your thunderbird message filters.
Best Answer
Ubuntu <= 11.04
This is a perfect how to, very easy ... you can follow, it has
how-to-migrate-from-evolution-to-thunderbird-in-ubuntu
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Ubuntu >= 11.10
EVOLUTION
Exporting calendar data
To export a complete calendar, right-click on the calendar in the list of calendars and click Save as. Available formats are iCalendar format (ICS, recommended), comma separated values (CSV), and RDF format.
If you want to export only one appointment, right-click on the appointment and click Save as iCalendar....
THUNDERBIRD
extension
Lightning 1.0b7 by Mozilla
or you can install this package from Ubuntu repository:
sudo apt-get install xul-ext-lightningversion the same (1.0~b7)Manage your daily schedule directly within Thunderbird. Allows managing calendars locally or subscribing to network calendars. Lightning 1.0b7 supports Thunderbird 7.
EVOLUTION
exporting contacts data
Contacts files are stored in a database, but can be saved as a vCard file. To export a complete address book, click File ▸ Save Address Book As vCard. If you want to export only one contact, click File ▸ Save as vCard or right-click on the contact and click Save as vCard.
THUNDERBIRD
extension
contact data (vCard or .vcf)
Some address book programs use a vCard format, which cannot be imported directly by Thunderbird. You can import both vCard and vcf using the third-party Thunderbird extension MoreFunctionsForAddressBook.
EVOLUTION
Exporting mail data
To save an email to a file in mbox format, select an email and click File ▸ Save as mbox... or right-click on the message and click Save as mbox....
The same steps apply to save a complete mail folder, but you have to mark all messages in it first.
You can select all messages in a folder by clicking Edit ▸ Select All or pressing Ctrl+A.
THUNDERBIRD
extension
ImportExportTools
Adds some tools to import and export folders and messages
mail data .mbox
EVOLUTION
exporting tasks
in Evolution, click on the Task tab. Right click on the Personal (or whatever name you give to your task list) and select Save to disk. Navigate to the location and save the task list in .ics format.
THUNDERBIRD
Importing Task
P.D : All these are tested by my and work 100%