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==Emailchemy==
==Emailchemy==
[http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/index.html Emailchemy] is a Java based commercial program that runs under Windows, OSX and Linux and can convert messages into mbox, maildir, maildir++ , .CSV and .EML formats. It doesn't support Outlook .PST files.
[http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/index.html Emailchemy] is a Java-based commercial program that runs under Windows, OSX and Linux and can convert messages into mbox, maildir, maildir++ , .CSV and .EML formats. It doesn't support Outlook .PST files.


==Eudora scripts==
==Eudora scripts==
[http://qwerky.50webs.com/eudorarescue/ EudoraRescue] , [http://www.gnist.org/~lars/code/eudora2mbox/eudora2mbox.html Eudora2Mbox] and [http://eudora2unix.sourceforge.net/ Eudora2unix] are [http://www.python.org/download/ python] scripts to sanitize Eudora folders and make them more mbox compatible, to eliminate problems when other email clients such as Thunderbird imports them. They were developed before Thunderbird 1.0, which seems to have solved most of the import problems but they might still be usefull.  
[http://qwerky.50webs.com/eudorarescue/ EudoraRescue] , [http://www.gnist.org/~lars/code/eudora2mbox/eudora2mbox.html Eudora2Mbox] and [http://eudora2unix.sourceforge.net/ Eudora2unix] are [http://www.python.org/download/ python] scripts to sanitize Eudora folders and make them more mbox compatible, to eliminate problems when other email clients such as Thunderbird imports them. They were developed before Thunderbird 1.0, which seems to have solved most of the import problems but they might still be useful.  


==EZ ThunderBird Backup==
==EZ ThunderBird Backup==
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==Gmail loader==
==Gmail loader==
The [http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/default.htm Gmail Loader] reads messages from your existing mail files and forwards them to either the Inbox or Sent Mail folder in a Gmail account. It supports Mbox (what Mozilla uses), MailDir (Qmail, others), MMDF  (Mutt), MH (NMH), and Babyl (Emacs RMAIL) formats. Its not clear yet whether it hides the fact the message is forwarded, but it does eliminate the grunt work of individually forwarding all of your messages.  
The [http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/default.htm Gmail Loader] reads messages from your existing mail files and forwards them to either the Inbox or Sent Mail folder in a Gmail account. It supports Mbox (what Mozilla uses), MailDir (Qmail, others), MMDF  (Mutt), MH (NMH), and Babyl (Emacs RMAIL) formats. It is not clear yet whether it hides the fact the message is forwarded, but it does eliminate the grunt work of individually forwarding all of your messages.  


==IMAPSize==
==IMAPSize==
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==Jaback==
==Jaback==
[http://www.hiteksoftware.com/jaba/ Jaback] is a freeware backup utility that supports scheduling backup, copy, synchronize, and zip tasks. It can monitor a file or folder and back it up if it changes, and send a message to notify you if a task failed, based on the task exit code. Backups are standard ZIP files. There is a both a [http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/JaBack_for_Windows/1146772309/1 Windows] and a [http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/JaBack_for_Mac_OS_X/1146772309/2 OSX] version.  
[http://www.hiteksoftware.com/jaba/ Jaback] is a freeware backup utility that supports scheduling backup, copy, synchronize, and zip tasks. It can monitor a file or folder and back it up if it changes, and send a message to notify you if a task failed, based on the task exit code. Backups are standard ZIP files. There is both a [http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/JaBack_for_Windows/1146772309/1 Windows] and a [http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/JaBack_for_Mac_OS_X/1146772309/2 OSX] version.  


==Mail Washer Free==
==Mail Washer Free==
The free version of [http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mailwasher.html MailWasher] is a anti-spam and mail preview tool that you can use with Thunderbird to bounce messages. Bouncing spam messages doesn't help (the cost of a spam message is so ridiculously low they don't care how many go to invalid addresses) and you might actually be spamming somebody whose email address the spammer spoofed, but it can be useful if you need to bounce mail from a specific individual. The free version is limited to one POP account. See [[Download only certain POP messages]] for how to configure Thunderbird to preview messages instead of using a utility like Mail Washer.
The free version of [http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mailwasher.html MailWasher] is an anti-spam and mail preview tool that you can use with Thunderbird to bounce messages. Bouncing spam messages doesn't help (the cost of a spam message is so ridiculously low they don't care how many go to invalid addresses) and you might actually be spamming somebody whose email address the spammer spoofed, but it can be useful if you need to bounce mail from a specific individual. The free version is limited to one POP account. See [[Download only certain POP messages]] for how to configure Thunderbird to preview messages instead of using a utility like Mail Washer.


==Mbox2XML==
==Mbox2XML==
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==MboxViewer==
==MboxViewer==
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbox-viewer/ MboxViewer] is a free utility to view the contents of mbox files, with full MIME support. It has a Windows executable and sources that are wxWidgets compatible. Its still alpha code (I had to click twice on a few messages to view them for example) but is usable. Its much easier to use than alternatives such as configuring a Windows version of Mutt or Pine.
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbox-viewer/ MboxViewer] is a free utility to view the contents of mbox files, with full MIME support. It has a Windows executable and sources that are wxWidgets compatible. It is still alpha code (I had to click twice on a few messages to view them for example) but is usable. It is much easier to use than alternatives such as configuring a Windows version of Mutt or Pine.


==Mozbackup==
==Mozbackup==
Mozbackup is a freeware backup program for Windows described [[MozBackup | in this article]]. Its the most popular way to backup under Windows.  
Mozbackup is a freeware backup program for Windows described [[MozBackup | in this article]]. It is the most popular way to backup under Windows.  


==Outlook2Mac==
==Outlook2Mac==
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==PopTray==
==PopTray==
[http://www.poptray.org/index.php Poptray] is a open source mail checker for Windows. It supports rules that can play a sound, run another program, display a balloon popup, change the color of the icon in the system tray, delete the message from the server, mark the message as spam etc. The rules can include regular expressions. You can preview messages and/or delete messages without downloading them. It supports POP3 by default but has plugins for Hotmail , IMAP, Microsoft Speech, Flash the LEDs, SSL, YAC (Yet Another Caller ID Program) and Bayesian spam filtering. You have to look in its forums for some of the plugins.
[http://www.poptray.org/index.php Poptray] is an open-source mail-checker for Windows. It supports rules that can play a sound, run another program, display a balloon popup, change the color of the icon in the system tray, delete the message from the server, mark the message as spam etc. The rules can include regular expressions. You can preview messages and/or delete messages without downloading them. It supports POP3 by default but has plugins for Hotmail, IMAP, Microsoft Speech, Flash the LEDs, SSL, YAC (Yet Another Caller ID Program) and Bayesian spam filtering. You have to look in its forums for some of the plugins.


==POP Peeper==
==POP Peeper==
[http://www.poppeeper.com/ POPPeeper] is yet another free mail checker for Windows. Its less popular than PopTray. Whats unusual about it is that it has a plugin that can repeat a sound until acknowledged and\or launch another program when new mail arrives, a skinnable popup when new email arrives, a screen saver plugin and it can check POP, IMAP (has IDLE support) and webmail.
[http://www.poppeeper.com/ POPPeeper] is yet another free mail-checker for Windows. It is less popular than PopTray. What's unusual about it is that it has a plugin that can repeat a sound until acknowledged and\or launch another program when new mail arrives, a skinnable popup when new email arrives, a screen-saver plugin and it can check POP, IMAP (has IDLE support) and webmail.


==ThunderStor==
==ThunderStor==

Revision as of 20:17, 6 March 2009

This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey. The description of each program is deliberately limited to the most significant features to try to avoid being an advertisement. Only programs that are discussed in the forums are mentioned.


Aid4Mail

Aid4Mail is a Windows application to convert, export, migrate or archive messages. It's a shareware program with three different versions, and a trial mode. It supports more than 20 email clients and mailbox formats. Its more unusual features are that it can process folders on any drive (including a CD), that it preserves message status information such as "unread", "read", "replied", and "forwarded" when exporting, that it is able to strip HTML or embedded content, can export messages as MHT Web Archive or ZIP archive files, and that it tries to fix any MIME problems when exporting/importing.

Some of its versions support importing/exporting to Outlook using MAPI. However, it cannot access .MSG or .PST files without Outlook. The trial version is limited to processing a maximum of 50 messages per mail folder and exporting 10 messages per mail folder using the MHT format. The license is not tied to your PC.

Dawn

Dawn is a freeware Windows application to convert an address book from one format to another. It supports Becky!, Eudora, Juno, Mozilla Suite, Netscape, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Outlook, Outlook Express, Opera, Pegasus, Palm, Pine, .LDIF, .CSV, and plain text address books.

DbxConv

DbxConv is a free Windows application to convert Outlook Express .DBX files to .mbox or .EML files. Thunderbird uses a mboxrd varation of a mbox file to store the messages for a folder so you'd probably want to use the -mbxrd option. You can use the ImportExportTools add-on to import the mbox or .EML files.

Emailchemy

Emailchemy is a Java-based commercial program that runs under Windows, OSX and Linux and can convert messages into mbox, maildir, maildir++ , .CSV and .EML formats. It doesn't support Outlook .PST files.

Eudora scripts

EudoraRescue , Eudora2Mbox and Eudora2unix are python scripts to sanitize Eudora folders and make them more mbox compatible, to eliminate problems when other email clients such as Thunderbird imports them. They were developed before Thunderbird 1.0, which seems to have solved most of the import problems but they might still be useful.

EZ ThunderBird Backup

EZ ThunderBird Backup is a commerical Windows program to backup your messages and address book to a .ZIP file. It supports password protection and the ability to automate the backup using the the Windows Task Scheduler.

Gmail loader

The Gmail Loader reads messages from your existing mail files and forwards them to either the Inbox or Sent Mail folder in a Gmail account. It supports Mbox (what Mozilla uses), MailDir (Qmail, others), MMDF (Mutt), MH (NMH), and Babyl (Emacs RMAIL) formats. It is not clear yet whether it hides the fact the message is forwarded, but it does eliminate the grunt work of individually forwarding all of your messages.

IMAPSize

IMAPSize is a freeware Windows application to help maintain your IMAP account. It supports deleting and saving attachments, copying and moving messages from one account/server to another, message and mailbox management, modifying message headers, incremental backups, replicating your IMAP folder hierarchy to your local drive, download/upload messages to/from mbox and .EML files and both .EML to mbox and mbox to .EML conversions. It recognizes any messages marked by SpamAssassin as SPAM as SPAM, and can display the real size of your Inbox folder. The author plans on porting it to Linux.

Jaback

Jaback is a freeware backup utility that supports scheduling backup, copy, synchronize, and zip tasks. It can monitor a file or folder and back it up if it changes, and send a message to notify you if a task failed, based on the task exit code. Backups are standard ZIP files. There is both a Windows and a OSX version.

Mail Washer Free

The free version of MailWasher is an anti-spam and mail preview tool that you can use with Thunderbird to bounce messages. Bouncing spam messages doesn't help (the cost of a spam message is so ridiculously low they don't care how many go to invalid addresses) and you might actually be spamming somebody whose email address the spammer spoofed, but it can be useful if you need to bounce mail from a specific individual. The free version is limited to one POP account. See Download only certain POP messages for how to configure Thunderbird to preview messages instead of using a utility like Mail Washer.

Mbox2XML

Mbox2XML is a free Windows application to backup one or mbox files (folders) in a .XML file that can be displayed using a modern browser such as IE, Firefox or Opera. This converts any HTML messages to plain text. The user has the option to include attachments. It uses UTF-8 encoding, which provides support for most character sets.

MboxViewer

MboxViewer is a free utility to view the contents of mbox files, with full MIME support. It has a Windows executable and sources that are wxWidgets compatible. It is still alpha code (I had to click twice on a few messages to view them for example) but is usable. It is much easier to use than alternatives such as configuring a Windows version of Mutt or Pine.

Mozbackup

Mozbackup is a freeware backup program for Windows described in this article. It is the most popular way to backup under Windows.

Outlook2Mac

Outlook2Mac is a commercial program to move Outlook email, contacts, and calendar appointments from a Windows PC to a Macintosh computer. It exports the Outlook data using .mbox, vCard, and iCal file formats.

PopTray

Poptray is an open-source mail-checker for Windows. It supports rules that can play a sound, run another program, display a balloon popup, change the color of the icon in the system tray, delete the message from the server, mark the message as spam etc. The rules can include regular expressions. You can preview messages and/or delete messages without downloading them. It supports POP3 by default but has plugins for Hotmail, IMAP, Microsoft Speech, Flash the LEDs, SSL, YAC (Yet Another Caller ID Program) and Bayesian spam filtering. You have to look in its forums for some of the plugins.

POP Peeper

POPPeeper is yet another free mail-checker for Windows. It is less popular than PopTray. What's unusual about it is that it has a plugin that can repeat a sound until acknowledged and\or launch another program when new mail arrives, a skinnable popup when new email arrives, a screen-saver plugin and it can check POP, IMAP (has IDLE support) and webmail.

ThunderStor

ThunderStor is a shareware Windows application to export messages and address books from Thunderbird. It can export messages as .EML, .msg and .txt files. It can also extract or merge attachments and recover deleted messages. It requires the Microsoft .NET framework. The trial version will process up to 250 messages.

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