I have some old emails left in the Evolution local directory (unfortunately not in the mail server’s imap directory). So how to import the Evolution directory which contains some for the emails to Thunderbird so that I can copy them to the imap directory if needed?

我在Evolution本地目录（不幸的是不在邮件服务器的imap目录中）中留有一些旧电子邮件。 那么，如何导入包含一些的Evolution目录到雷鸟电子邮件，以便在需要时可以将它们复制到imap目录？

You can do this in two steps:

您可以分两步执行此操作：

First, convert the evolution folder to an mbox file.

首先，将Evolution 文件夹转换为mbox文件。

You can use this script: or to convert the folder to a mbox file.

您可以使用以下脚本： : 或将文件夹转换为mbox文件。

Tips: the directory should have structure like

提示：目录应具有以下结构

folder    cur    new

You can create directories like that and copy all email files to the new directory.

您可以创建类似的目录，并将所有电子邮件文件复制到new目录。

Second, import the mbox file to Thunderbird.

其次，将mbox文件导入到Thunderbird。

Thunderbird by default does not provide this function now. You need to install the ImportExportTools to add this function:

默认情况下，Thunderbird现在不提供此功能。 您需要安装ImportExportTools 才能添加此功能： :

After the emails are imported to Thunderbird folders, you can copy them to the imap directories.

将电子邮件导入到Thunderbird文件夹后，您可以将它们复制到imap目录。

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