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There IS a way to migrate emails from Earthlink's Total Access Mailbox - but you have to work around the problem that Total Access saves emails in a proprietary format. The trick is to get Total Access to save your emails with an.eml extension. Then you can import the emails into Thunderbird using Import Export tools.
I have to thank a poster on the 'Ubuntu forums' who gave me the idea of how this might work, and Daifne for mentioning the ImportExport Tools add-on for Thunderbird. Using their suggestions, I was able to move several thousand emails without too much trauma. Here is how I did it: 1. Within Earthlink Mailbox, separate your emails into folders of 1-200 emails (if you have thousands, it's more efficient to do a few hundred at a time). Within a folder, select all the messages (control+a) and click the 'forward' button.
All of the emails you selected are now attached as.eml files to the message you started composing. Save this message as a draft. Go to your drafts folder, open up the message, open the attachments, scroll down to the end of the attachments list, choose 'save attachments' and save all your emails into the directory of your choice (I recommend creating a new and empty folder for this ahead of time). To import your liberated emails into Thunderbird, install and use the ImportExportTools extension. Extension and Theme Install Instructions for Thunderbird Users: (1) Right-Click the link for the extension or theme download and choose 'Save Link As.' To download and save the file to your hard disk. (2) In Thunderbird, open the extension or theme manager (Tools Menu/Extensions or Themes in 1.5.0.x and earlier, ToolsAddons in 2.0) (3) Click the Install button, and locate and select the file you downloaded and click 'OK' (4) Close and reopen Thunderbird to finish the install 6.
In 'Tools', you will see 'import/export in mbox/eml format', choose 'import all eml files from a directory,' locate the directory where you saved your Earthlink emails, and you will have imported your emails into Thunderbird. You are now free from Total Access! Thanks.here's what I've discovered so far. I did install the add-on to Thunderbird. Keep in mind that I'm using TB as my client and and IMAP to Gmail. One of the options is to import files to TB. An error message comes up saying that it can't import in to IMAP or newsgroups.
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When trying the 'import directory' option, this is a bit spotty. One time it imported one of two files in to 'All Mail' and on my other try, it said that it was importing, but I could find no messages in any folders I had set up. So, I tried to import to the Local Folders (where I don't keep anything since it is then backed up to Gmail).
And then if I want to move or copy the files from the Local Folder to the Gmail folders (on Thunderbird), then it does IMAP to Gmail. I know I may not be using the correct terminology here (trying my best). I think this is the BEST solution I've found so far. Thank you very much. May I suggest that you place this add-on to the TB add on page.
Take care.I'll follow up if I learn anything else. It will still be a long process of moving all my email and filing the way I like it, but it will be great to be away from Earthlink. This post is long but may help people who are struggling to migrate Earthlink emails to Thunderbird. There is a tricky way to move email from Earthlink Mailbox (part of Earthlink TotalAccess) to Thunderbird.
I have found on the web 3 versions of how to do this by forwarding a group of emails as.eml files into a draft email, including one version above. Unfortunately, when I tried to do this, each of the versions had one step that seems no longer to work. I accidentally stumbled across a workaround. Hoping that others will not have to go through the torturous process that I did, here are the steps that worked for me, using the version of Earthlink Mailbox 2005 software current in January 2009, Thunderbird 2, Outlook Express 6, and Windows XP SP3. Please note that this has nothing to do with your emails on Earthlink's website. We're talking about emails that you store on your computer using Earthlink's software.
I find the Earthlink software's way of exporting to.csv files helpful for your address book, and useless for emails because, among other things, the.csv format doesn't save the dates of your emails. I also found that the demo version of the inexpensive utility ABC Amber would not run successfully. Here are the steps that worked for me. First, be sure that you have on your computer either Outlook Express, which is part of Windows XP, or Outlook, which is part of Microsoft Office. I don't know whether this process will work with Outlook Express's replacement in Windows Vista, called Windows Mail.
Turn off your internet connection, so that new emails will not be arriving while you do these steps. If you connect by phone or a cable connection, you can just remove the phone cord of cable cord. If you use a wireless connection, you can Click Start, Control Panel, Network Connections, right-click the wireless connection, and click disable. Then back up your Earthlink mail and address book. You can usually do this by backing up the folder C: Documents and Settings (Your User name) Earthlink. An easy way if you have a thumb drive is to right-click that Earthlink folder and Send To the thumb drive.
Next go through your emails to be sure that you need to keep everything that's there. Deleting anything you no longer use will save time in the following steps, especially entire folders that are empty or that you will no longer need. You may have one or many folders in Earthlink Mailbox where you keep your stored emails on your computer.
I recommend that you do the following steps first as a test with just your Inbox emails, to be sure that the test works. If it does, then I recommend that you create some folders. On your hard drive, create a folder (I call it “Holding Tank”) somewhere that you can easily find it. Then in Outlook Express or Outlook create a set of blank folders with names that match the folders in which your emails live in your Earthlink Mailbox, and also one folder called “Holding Tank”. Now select all of the messages in one folder in Earthlink Mail.
You can do this by clicking once on one email, and holding down the control key while pressing the letter A. All the emails should now be highlighted. Click the Forward button to attach these emails to a message. The list of emails should show as.eml file attachments. Click the 'X' at the top right of this new message. You will be asked if you want to save this email. It will now appear, with all its attachments, in your Drafts folder.
Open your Drafts folder and highlight, but do not open, the message you created, click 'File' on the menu bar, and save the message as an EML file in the Holding Tank folder you've created earlier on your hard drive. You'll be prompted to save as an HTML file, but that won't meet your need. Use the drop-down menu to save as an EML file. Give it the same name as the folder from which the emails came in Earthlink Mailbox, and to which the emails will go in Outlook Express.
Now you need both My Computer and Outlook Express open. Minimize each of them using the icon next to the X in the top right-hand corner of each. Then hold your left mouse button on the.eml file you just created on your computer, and drag it into the Holding Tank folder you created in Outlook Express.
Open that file in Outlook Express. Use control-A again to highlight all the emails attached to it. Hold the left mouse button down over those highlighted emails, and drag them into the folder in Outlook Express that has their name on it. If this test works, repeat these steps for all of the email folders you want to move. Expect the Earthlink software to crash a lot as you do these steps.
I found that it crashed most often when I was trying to forward large numbers of emails at once, or large attached photo files. In the end I gave up on one photo file and saved the photos individually to my hard drive; and I used my mouse and the shift key to select only about 3 months of sent and deleted emails, since Earthlink seemed to be unable to forward 18 months' worth without crashing. Next, in Earthlink Mailbox, take a look at your address book and make a note of what fields you have actively used. Most people just use First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, and default email address.
Then in the main Mailbox screen, open File, Export, select address book, and export to a.csv file. Leave checked only the fields that you have noted that you actually use.
In Outlook Express, click File, Import, Other Address Book, select Text File (Comma Separated Values), find the.csv file you just saved, select the fields you actually use (be sure to check the default email field), and import. If all these steps worked, you should now be able to use Outlook Express as your email software. But don't miss the next step, which is the fun part. Click Tools, Import, Address Books, Outlook Express, and watch the miracle that happens.
Then click Tools, Import, Mail, Outlook Express, and watch a second miracle happen. Hats off to whoever made importing from Outlook Express so easy in Thunderbird.
You'll find that the address book imports into a separate address book from Thunderbird's default address book, but that doesn't seem to be an issue. You'll also find that your emails are all in a separate folder called Outlook Express mail. You can either leave them there, or drag them to where you want them. You’ll need set up Thunderbird to go to Earthlink to send and receive your emails. Earthlink has a page explaining how to do that. You'll need to restart your internet connection when you feel all is well and you are ready for Thunderbird to get your new emails. I recommend you back up your Thunderbird “profile”, which includes your settings, your email, and your address book.
You can do this by backing up in your usual way the folder C: Documents and Settings your user name Application Data Thunderbird Profiles, or you can download and install Thunderbird’s Mozbackup. You probably want to keep your Earthlink Mailbox software for a time to be sure there's nothing you need to go back and get there. I can't wait to uninstall that software, as it has caused lots of problems for my computer.