make a 'save as' of emails in Kmail and save in an KDE folder

[Martin Laberge]

On May 2, 2007 10:57:03 am Donn wrote:
> > I've tried to do so with the KMail, saving in the Konqueror, but the saved
> > document resulted to be an 'MBOX', and I don't know how to open it, when I
> > wish to do so.
> 
> Hi,
> I am not a pro and there are various formats that email can get stored in, so 
> YMMV. 
> 
> I'm not sure of your situation at the moment, it sounds like you have old 
> email that you want to look at and use.
> You can import the messages from a previous mail store (a folder), go to 
> File -> Import Messages and then try those options.
> 
> I did a test and imported some messages from an old "Mail" folder (full of 
> weird filenames like "1178094030.4915.8tr3y:2,S" in sub-folders. They are all 
> in MIME format and can be mostly read with 'cat' or 'less' on the 
> command-line too.
> 
> You don't have to go to any special trouble to export your messages from 
> kmail - they are stored in $HOME/Mail and in that same common mime format.
> 
> If you want to back them up, then simply copy that folder to some other place.
> 
> hth
> /d
> 

is there a way to SEE a saved email in mbox format

without having to import it in kmail



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Martin Laberge
mlsoft at videotron.ca