<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>It's interesting...</div><div><br></div><div>I can disconnect from the 'net, and everything I've previously viewed in Mail is still there. So, as far as that goes, I think you'll still have local copies. I *do*, however, have the majority of my old email in .pst files from "back in the day". You can also export some mbox files and put them away if you're really concerned.</div><div><br></div><div>You could also Thunderbird a copy locally via POP (leaving messages on server) and then do a backup of that occasionally if you like, I'd suppose.</div><div><br></div><div>--j</div><br><div><div>On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Mark Wright wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">
Hi Frederick, <div><br></div><div>Yes the link Paul Cartwright sent might be the best solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Jerald Sheets suggested using Gmail as an imap server and poping other accounts to it for sorting and storage. Thats probably what I should do. Jerald what do you do for peace of mind if Google goes out of business? Did I just write that? Well stranger things....</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>Mark Wright</div><div><a href="mailto:m.perry.wright@gmail.com">m.perry.wright@gmail.com</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Frederick N. Brier wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> One of the other posts, had a link to an <a href="http://ehow.com">ehow.com</a> article. Looking there, I found how this one:<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ehow.com/how_6686406_sync-mac-address-book-thunderbird.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_6686406_sync-mac-address-book-thunderbird.html</a><br> <br> It seems to show how to Thunderbird installed on a Mac would import all your contacts. Then you could copy the Thunderbird files over from the Mac to your Ubuntu. I did that with Windows->Linux a few years ago and it worked fine.<br> <br> This next idea is just a guess since I do not have a Mac, but is there a way to export your Mac address book to LDAP? You could set up an LDAP server on your Ubuntu or other box. Point your Mac at the LDAP. That might set up (visually) another address book in Mac Mail. That is what Evolution does. You might then be able to get the drag and drop, or even copy to work, between the two address books. Potentially, this would allow you to share your address book.<br> <br> Finally, a number of my friends have just moved their mail (and address book) to Google Mail.<br> <br> Fred<br> <br> On 08/05/2010 08:29 AM, Mark Wright wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AFF6F7B7-27E3-4E02-B71D-FC7DF2F94EF1@gmail.com" type="cite">I am wondering if there is any practical answer to my dilemma. I have spent a lot of time over the last several years setting up various filters and folders to organize five different email accounts on my once shiny new Mac powerbook. Now that it is old and slow I am wishing I had found a more portable solution to customizing apples' Mail. <div><br> </div> <div>I'd like to find a reasonable way to move all my settings in Mail to thunderbird on my Ubuntu desktop. Right now all I can think of is to write down all the rules I have set up and print my address book then manually type it all into thunderbirds config. Any other ideas?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>thanks<br> <br> <div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "> <div>Mark Wright</div> <div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:m.perry.wright@gmail.com">m.perry.wright@gmail.com</a></div> </span><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> <br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ale mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>