Comments on: Importing old email into GMail http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/ The Future Comes Second Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9fe266ac3e325bc.png" alt="Max Howell Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Max Howell http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-14385 Max Howell Identicon Icon Max Howell Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:22 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-14385 Someone suggested on a Digg thread I read that if you have access to an IMAP mailbox that also supports pop3 access, you can drag and drop your old mails into the IMAP mailbox, and then get gmail to import them through the pop3 interface. This seems the easiest and best option for me as I have such a thing handy. How to do sentmail though is the question? Someone suggested on a Digg thread I read that if you have access to an IMAP mailbox that also supports pop3 access, you can drag and drop your old mails into the IMAP mailbox, and then get gmail to import them through the pop3 interface. This seems the easiest and best option for me as I have such a thing handy.

How to do sentmail though is the question?

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/5e43be26c7aae5b.png" alt="mitkase Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> mitkase http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-14384 mitkase Identicon Icon mitkase Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:03:33 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-14384 in an email from the author: Unfortunately, no. If iGmail was an actual IMAP interface to a real mailbox, then this would be a natural feature of using IMAP. iGmail, however, is merely a gateway to the online information about your mail. Since there is no way to upload mail to the web client, there is no way to do so through this gateway. in an email from the author:

Unfortunately, no. If iGmail was an actual IMAP interface to a real mailbox, then this would be a natural feature of using IMAP. iGmail, however, is merely a gateway to the online information about your mail. Since there is no way to upload mail to the web client, there is no way to do so through this gateway.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9fe266ac3e325bc.png" alt="Max Howell Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Max Howell http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-13093 Max Howell Identicon Icon Max Howell Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:56:52 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-13093 From looking at the site, it seems it won't be able to move files into GMail. But I'm not sure. Maybe it'll work. I may write a tool this weekend. From looking at the site, it seems it won’t be able to move files into GMail. But I’m not sure. Maybe it’ll work.

I may write a tool this weekend.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/5e43be26c7aae5b.png" alt="mitkase Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> mitkase http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-13091 mitkase Identicon Icon mitkase Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:36:14 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-13091 i've also been looking for a way to get 10+ years of emails into gmail with propper dates. i don't know if threads will be properly composed from the raw emails. another solution, which i've yet to try, is to set up gmail as an imap account, so that you simply copy the actually emails from within thunderbird or some other email client. http://www.butterfat.net/igmail/ i just haven't had the time. but let me know if you try this with any success. i’ve also been looking for a way to get 10+ years of emails into gmail with propper dates. i don’t know if threads will be properly composed from the raw emails.

another solution, which i’ve yet to try, is to set up gmail as an imap account, so that you simply copy the actually emails from within thunderbird or some other email client.

http://www.butterfat.net/igmail/

i just haven’t had the time. but let me know if you try this with any success.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9fe266ac3e325bc.png" alt="Max Howell Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Max Howell http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-11179 Max Howell Identicon Icon Max Howell Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:20:14 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-11179 Well that's good. But I still want to have them listed in the correct order too. So I can stroll down memory lane in chronological order :) Well that’s good. But I still want to have them listed in the correct order too. So I can stroll down memory lane in chronological order :)

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/5e43be26c7aae5b.png" alt="Seb Ruiz Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Seb Ruiz http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-11148 Seb Ruiz Identicon Icon Seb Ruiz Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:35:28 +0000 http://www.methylblue.com/blog/importing-old-email-into-gmail/#comment-11148 You'll find that whilst the dates are incorrect in the gmail inbox, the date header is still intact - so opening the email should show the correct date. You’ll find that whilst the dates are incorrect in the gmail inbox, the date header is still intact - so opening the email should show the correct date.

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