From POP Eudora to IMAP Thunderbird

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From POP Eudora to IMAP Thunderbird

• Chris Dillon
• www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses

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Preparations for the conversion

• Delete any unneeded messages and mailboxesin
  Eudora.
• Split large mailboxes into several small
  ones(see the next slide).
• Use simple mailbox names.
• All mailboxes and folders are copiedduring the
  conversion.

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Splitting Eudora mailboxes

• Open the large mailbox.
• Use Shift-click to select ranges of e-mails
  orCtrl-click to select non-adjacent e-mails.
• Right-click over the selection and select
  Transfer.
• Select an existing mailbox or New to create one.

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Folders and mailboxes

• In Eudora (and these notes!)
• Mailboxes contain messages.
• Folders contain mailboxes.
• Thunderbird calls both folders.

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Is there enough quota?

• Check it at www.ucl.ac.uk/is/quota
• Mailboxes live at R\Dos\EudoraRight-click on
  this folder in Windows Explorerand select
  Properties to see how much spaceis being used up
  my mailboxes.
• In Thunderbird, click the icon to the rightof
  the column headings to display the Size columnto
  see which attachments are using up the space.

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Starting Thunderbird

• If you have never used Thunderbird before,you
  should see a screen offering various options.
• Choose Option 1.
• To prevent the Usenet Bug, do not login.
• Go to Tools Account Settings Server Settings
  Advanced and remove the tick fromAllow server
  to override these namespaces.

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Import your Eudora POP mailboxes

• This stage will take a long time if you havea
  lot of mailboxes.
• Go to Tools Import and select Mailand then
  Eudora.
• Check that they have imported correctly.
• If they have you may (best not immediately!)delet
  e the original POP mailboxes in Eudora.

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Rogue HTML tags

• If your messages are full of HTML tags,contact
  Desktop Support, who have a program, Eudora
  Rescue, to remove them.

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Create folders on user id_at_ucl.ac.uk

• Check mail (Ctrl-M) and login.
• Thunderbird calls the IMAP serveruser
  id_at_ucl.ac.uk(!).
• Right-click on user id_at_ucl.ac.ukand click New
  Folder.
• Give the folder a name, add a /and press Enter.
  It should appear in grey italics.
• It wants to create mailboxes, but click Cancel.

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Moving current messages over

• Drag the POP Eudora mailboxes ontouser
  id_at_ucl.ac.uk or the relevant folder under it.
• Alternatively, create mailboxes on user
  id_at_ucl.ac.uk
• Right-click on user id_at_ucl.ac.ukand click New
  Folder. Give it a name and press Enter.
• Click a POP mailbox on the left.
• Click any message and press Ctrl-A.
• Right-click over the highlighted messages.
• Click Move and select the mailbox.

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Mailboxes over 20Mb

• Any mailboxes still over 20Mb need to be split
  up.
• Check www.ucl.ac.uk/is/email/imap-folder-size
• Any red mailboxes need splitting.
• Create new mailboxes if necessary.
• Hold down Shift and click to highlight ranges of
  messages in mailboxes.
• Right-click over the messages and select Move.

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Converting the Eudora address book

• Go to Tools Import.
• Select Address Books and then Eudora.
• Note that this imports a duplicate of any address
  in a mailing list.
• Addresses you e-mail are added to your address
  book.
• Right-click an e-mail address at the top of an
  open e-mail and click Add to Address Book.

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Optimum settings in Thunderbird

• Go to Tools Account Settings Server Settings.
• Click Clean up (Expunge) Inbox on Exit.
• If another program creates mailboxeson the IMAP
  server, right-click onuser id_at_ucl.ac.uk and
  click Subscribeto see them in Thunderbird.

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Add a signature

• Go to Start Programs Accessoriesand open
  NotePad.
• Type your signature.
• Save it somewhere you can find it on R.
• Go to Tools Account Settings.
• Click Attach this signature. Click Chooseand
  select the file you have just created.

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Add a spam filter

• Create a mailbox called _Spamon user
  id_at_ucl.ac.uk
• Go to Tools Message Filters.
• Click New.
• Subject contains spam?
• Move Message to _Spam

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Limitations

• The Eudora address book does not always convert
  well.
• Eudora labels do not convert to Thunderbird tags.
• The read/unread and priority status of Eudora
  messages does not transfer.
• Attachments in the Eudora Out mailboxare lost on
  conversion.

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If it all goes horribly wrong

• You can start again with Thunderbird by
  renamingN\PCSettings\Appdata\thunderbird on
  Staff WTS(R\wts\settings\thunderbird on Cluster
  WTS).
• This gives you the Option splash screenand
  another chance of success.

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Further help

• www.ucl.ac.uk/is/email/thunderbird
• Thunderbird QuickReferencewww.ucl.ac.uk/is/docume
  nts