I have, in the past, been running Eudora 6.2.4 in MacOS 10.6.8. For
several reasons, mainly that Demon (my ISP) have outsourced their mail service to an Outlook system, and Eudora cannot connect, however much I
try with ports etc, with the new POP3 server. It works with IMAP, but
that's not what I want.
So I have switched to Apple's Mail, and it works very well for the
simple use I make of it.
It now looks like a good idea to switch OS to 10.9.3, but I will then
lose Eudora, and access to my historic mailbase, which occasionally
comes in useful, and to the Eudora address book.
So, a simple (I hope) question.
How can I retain access to my Eudora mailbase. Not to send or receive
mail, but only to read the historic mail, and access the Eudora address
book?
Is there an application I can install, simply, which will do this? And
run under Mavericks?
If possible, I'd like to avoid any deep fiddling.
Thanks...
--
Peter
Hello, just found your thread. Am in the exact same position right now - >upgrading, switching to Mail for sending/receiving, but want to retain
access to 20 years of emails . What did you end up doing and how did it
work out? Thank you for your reply! -Petra Schoep
In article <6cd22417-7f60-4aab-9353-a4b805179898@googlegroups.com>,
<tamspf@racsa.co.cr> wrote:
Hello, just found your thread. Am in the exact same position right now - >upgrading, switching to Mail for sending/receiving, but want to retain >access to 20 years of emails . What did you end up doing and how did it >work out? Thank you for your reply! -Petra Schoep
Petra, I haven't upgraded from Snow Leopard yet, but I'm about to do
so. I've already run a test conversion with Eudora Mailbox Cleaner and
am going to run one with Emailchemy. I suggest that you investigate
both of those programs for switching from Eudora to Mail.
Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
Petra, I haven't upgraded from Snow Leopard yet, but I'm about to do
so. I've already run a test conversion with Eudora Mailbox Cleaner and
am going to run one with Emailchemy. I suggest that you investigate
both of those programs for switching from Eudora to Mail.
Another thing to remember is that if you retain a copy of the Eudora >mailbox(s) in their original form, you can always open it with a text
editor, such as Text Wrangler, to read the contents. It's hideously >inconvenient, but it is an option for anything lost in converting.
Another thing to remember is that if you retain a copy of the Eudora mailbox(s) in their original form, you can always open it with a text
editor, such as Text Wrangler, to read the contents. It's hideously inconvenient, but it is an option for anything lost in converting.
In 2013 I was switching from Eudora to Apple Mail.
I carefully read "Converting Email from Eudora: Why I No Longer Live at
the P.O." by Adam C. Engst <http://tidbits.com/article/12382>
Hello, just found your thread. Am in the exact same position right now - upgrading, switching to Mail for sending/receiving, but want to retain access to 20 years of emails . What did you end up doing and how did it work out?
In article <060320172008004517%Kuypers@address.invalid>,
Jean-Pierre Kuypers <Kuypers@address.invalid> wrote:
... "Converting Email from Eudora: Why I No Longer Live at
the P.O." by Adam C. Engst <http://tidbits.com/article/12382>
Hah, that's a very cute article name. A nice nod to Eudora Welty.
In article <1n2bs1f.7y8khh1nyibz6N%kmorgan@spamcop.net>,
Kathy Morgan <kmorgan@spamcop.net> wrote:
Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
Petra, I haven't upgraded from Snow Leopard yet, but I'm about to do
so. I've already run a test conversion with Eudora Mailbox Cleaner and
am going to run one with Emailchemy. I suggest that you investigate
both of those programs for switching from Eudora to Mail.
Another thing to remember is that if you retain a copy of the Eudora >mailbox(s) in their original form, you can always open it with a text >editor, such as Text Wrangler, to read the contents. It's hideously >inconvenient, but it is an option for anything lost in converting.
Good point. And I am indeed keeping all of my original Eudora mailboxes.
BTW, tomorrow will be the big day. I'm finally upgrading my iMac past
Snow Leopard. Farewell to Eudora. :-(
Patty
Did all of you go to Apple Mail? Did you look at any other mail clients?
I am in the same situation with Eudora, and have found Apple Mail to be
so limited as to be unusable.
I am particularly annoyed that each new
version of OS X removes features from Mail, features that I would use.
... I am particularly annoyed that each new version of OS X removes
features from Mail, features that I would use.
... delete duplicate e-mails in a mailbox
I am also planning to migrate my accounts to IMAP since it is convenient
to be able to access them from a phone or tablet.
MailMate is different from Eudora. But it is the same as Eudora, in that
it lets me configure things how I like, unlike any other mailclient I
tried. Plus the author is responsive to bug reports and feature
requests. Good luck finding that anywhere these days… (For example, >MailMate supports delayed sending, a la Eudora, upon my request.)
Did all of you go to Apple Mail?
Did you look at any other mail clients?
I am also planning to migrate my accounts to IMAP since it is convenient
to be able to access them from a phone or tablet. I think this can be
done from within Eudora, since Eudora supports IMAP properly.
I did so initially. But in the end I upgraded to MailMate: <https://freron.com/>.
MailMate is different from Eudora. But it is the same as Eudora, in that
it lets me configure things how I like, unlike any other mailclient I
tried. Plus the author is responsive to bug reports and feature
requests. Good luck finding that anywhere these days… (For example, MailMate supports delayed sending, a la Eudora, upon my request.)
rijk <rijk@blah.invalid> wrote:
I did so initially. But in the end I upgraded to MailMate:
<https://freron.com/>.
(For example, MailMate supports delayed sending, a la Eudora,
upon my request.)
Wow, nice one. Never heard of it. Thanks for the hint.
I am particularly annoyed that each new
version of OS X removes features from Mail, features that I would use.
??? Like what?
The Internet standards for e-mail specify that there should be five
levels.
In article <o9t9gt$tlv$3@dont-email.me>,
Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
I am particularly annoyed that each new
version of OS X removes features from Mail, features that I would use.
??? Like what?
The only one I can think of immediately is the priority. The Internet >standards for e-mail specify that there should be five levels.
In article <davidmor-7332E7.11452322032017@news.internode.on.net>,
David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> wrote:
The only one I can think of immediately is the priority. The Internet >>standards for e-mail specify that there should be five levels.
What makes you think that any part of the mail system pays any
attention to the priority?
In article <220320171025069651%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
In article <davidmor-7332E7.11452322032017@news.internode.on.net>,
David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> wrote:
The only one I can think of immediately is the priority. The Internet >>>standards for e-mail specify that there should be five levels.
What makes you think that any part of the mail system pays any
attention to the priority?
AFIK, priority was never intended to affect how a message is handled.
It's only intended as an alert for the recipient.
I just tried it in Apple Mail and discovered that setting a message's >priority to High inserts an X header: "X-Priority: 1". However, Mail
doesn't display that when you receive the message! I think you have
to set up a Mail rule in order for message priority to be acted upon
(put in a Smart Mailbox, flagged, whatever). Mail's help system doesn't
even explain how the priority setting is supposed to work.
What makes you think that any part of the mail system pays any
attention to the priority? When you send a mail, it is immediately sent
to the mail host you specified in your configuration (unless you choose
to queue the mail, if your mail client supports that).
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