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using emacs with thunderbird mail archive

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Mar 15, 20261453 views
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I have tons of mail saved in Thunderbird but would like to consider using emacs for reading/writing email. Can any one of the existing emacs email packages (e.g., rmail, gnus, VM, wanderlust, ...) use this archive and also save/store future correspondence in this mail format?

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Here is a thread on Thunderbird-to-emacs migration. It notes a couple relevant points: Thunderbird uses the standard mbox format, which most mail clients will understand. In particular, VM plays nice with Thunderbird. Personally, I have tried severa…

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