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How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:33:14 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
@Daniel:

Thank you for the hint.
However I tried this but it works not satisfying for all folders. I have had problems e.g. with some attachments and with emails with cyrillic and japanese characters. Moreover I don't want to fiddle around with batch scipts iterating over hundreds of message folders.

In general it is really poor that a commercial program like TheBat does not offer such basic features like import/export resp. load/save of message dir trees
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It seems to me I should wait for another couple of years before I re-evaluate TheBat again.
16 November 2016 09:33:14, Matt Adams.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:13:30 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Did you try the Ctrl-Alt-Shift-L trick that Rick G suggested to you in 2012? See www.ritlabs.com/en/forums/messages/forum4/topic9452/message34505/#message34505

This triggers a mechanism that reinstates folders that are currently not shown in that account in The Bat, but that do exist in its mail folder on your harddisk. So, potentially you could create a bunch of subfolders in that account's folder and then use this to make The Bat include them in the account. In the help file, this is documented under "Common Problems". It says:

====quote====
I'm missing some folders (and I didn't delete them).

Select the account which lost folders
Press the +++ simultaneously

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Other than that, the only solution I can think of to create all these folders in The Bat would be to use windows macroing software like AutoIt. There may be other solutions but I don't know them.
11 November 2016 21:13:30, Daniel van Rooijen.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:41:18 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Yes, I know /IMPORT cmdline parameter.

However performing this command requires that the target message folders all already exist in TheBat.

I cannot create a new message ((sub)sub)folder in TheBat from command line.

Any other idea?

Matt
11 November 2016 11:41:18, Matt Adams.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:20:43 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Have you checked the /IMPORT commandline argument, which can be used in batch files? See the help file.
08 November 2016 13:20:43, Daniel van Rooijen.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 09:21:17 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Ok, thank you for the answer.

Is it at least possible to import a whole message tree with *.eml files?

If yes: what do I have to choose in "Import messages" Wizard?

As far as I can see TB offers here similarly one-EML-file-at a time.
Can this be true?

Is there really no full message tree import?

What about importing from Thunderbird?
Does TB at least offer here a full message dirtree migration?

Matt
06 November 2016 09:21:17, Matt Adams.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 04:01:30 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Sorry but Mbox files are imported one at a time and you must recreate the tree as you go.
06 November 2016 04:01:30, Rick G.

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files?

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:16:24 +0200

How to import a whole directory tree of *.mbox files? in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
I have got a big directory tree of mbox files representing lots of emails and their corresponding structure.

How can I import them (in one step) in TB?

If I go to menu

tools--->Import messages--->Mailbox Import Wizard

then the following dialog does neither offer the import of *.mbox files nor even of a whole directory tree of mbos files.

So how does this work?
Matt
05 November 2016 20:16:24, Matt Adams.