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== Setting Thunderbird as default mail client ==
== Setting Thunderbird as default mail client ==


In Panther, Apple seems to have dumped the Internet panel in System Preferences, where you used to be able to set the default browser, mail reader, etc. You can select Thunderbird as the default mail client in the preferences for Mail.app; after that you need never use it again. ;)
See the [[Thunderbird : FAQs : Default mail client|Default mail client]] article.
 
Or you can use [http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet/ More Internet] as described in the NNTP section below.


== Setting Thunderbird as default news reader ==
== Setting Thunderbird as default news reader ==

Revision as of 10:40, 4 April 2005

Setting Thunderbird as default mail client

See the Default mail client article.

Setting Thunderbird as default news reader

See the Default news reader article.

Importing local folders from Mail

There is not (yet?) a formal import tool, but you can do it manually [1].

Exporting mailbox from Thunderbird to import into Mail.app

No formal tool exists for this step either. However, Thunderbird users may have a need to do this for one reason or another (as I did). I accomplished this task manually by doing the following:

  • Navigate to ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/youruserprofile/Mail/Local Folders/
  • Identify mailboxes you seek to use in Mail.app
  • Each mailbox has three pieces to it - i.e. "inbox.sbd", "inbox.msf" and "inbox" with no extension
  • Take the file with no extension, hold down the option key (so it also stays in the folder) and drag it to the desktop
  • rename with '.mbox' as file extension, for example "inbox" becomes "inbox.mbox"
  • Open Mail.app and select File Import, choose other and navigate to the desktop and click Choose
  • Your mailbox(es) should appear in the import window and will import into Mail.app