You might call the mbox format folder-centric: each folder you see in your email client exists as a separate mbox file on your hard disk, which contains every email message in the folder, all stuck together. This isn’t the end of the world, however, because both Evolution and Thunderbird store email in the mbox format, so with a little trickery you can copy your messages from your old Evolution folder to your new Thunderbird profile and Thunderbird will recognize them automatically. Thunderbird includes an Import tool under the Tools menu, but the Linux build appears to be capable of importing mail only from Netscape Communicator 4.x. I decided to start my own migration with my archived messages rather than my address book, reasoning that if that transition didn’t go smoothly there would be little point to attempting the other. I’m not going to cover the installation procedure or how to correctly configure Thunderbird to send and retrieve mail, as these are well-covered elsewhere, but you must create a profile in Thunderbird and go through the usual setup steps before you can migrate your existing data. deb files for Debian-based distros are also available. provides tar.gz packages, and you can find RPMs for most distributions through third-party Web sites.
The first thing to do of course is to download Thunderbird. I’ll point out some of the pitfalls you’ll want to avoid when making such a move yourself. Here’s how I migrated away from Ximian Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird. An email client, on the other hand, may archive thousands of old messages you can’t just leave behind, and you need to move your server settings and address book to the new program as well. Switching Web browsers is a comparatively easy task essentially the only data you have to worry about moving is your bookmarks. When the latest release hit the Internet a few weeks ago I decided that perhaps, as with the Firefox browser, it was finally time for me to make the switch. So naturally I’ve kept an eye on the Mozilla Thunderbird standalone email application and given it a test drive or two. I’ve always liked Mozilla Mail - when I have to use Windows, it’s my preferred email client.
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