Mail 2.0 Problem - PLEASE HELP!

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rustyPixel

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Hey everyone,

I just recently made the big change to OS X... I have used Thunderbird regularly now for a long time, but I'm looking to permanently move to Mail.app. Keep in mind I'm using Tiger, so it's the newest version of Mail.

I've tried importing the my mail from Thunderbird without success. The biggest problem is that when the mail is imported, the number of eMails in each imported folder is NOT correct.

For example, I have an inbox that is being imported that has 1200 messages in Thunderbird. When I import the folder into Mail.app, Mail only shows the folder to have approximately 600 messages! Keep in mind that most if not all of the folders that I'm transfering to Mail (from Thunderbird) show a wrong number of eMails (the number of eMails in Mail is lower than it should be, as Thunderbird shows more eMails than what Mail shows).

I haven't been able to figure out what is going on.

Can anyone please provide me with some insight as to how to properly import my eMails to Mail? :( I'd really appreciate any help; I've been tinkering with this for a while now and have been unable to get everything working correctly.

Any thoughts/ideas/help appreciated. :)
 
rustyPixel said:
Hey everyone,

I just recently made the big change to OS X... I have used Thunderbird regularly now for a long time, but I'm looking to permanently move to Mail.app. Keep in mind I'm using Tiger, so it's the newest version of Mail.

I've tried importing the my mail from Thunderbird without success. The biggest problem is that when the mail is imported, the number of eMails in each imported folder is NOT correct.

For example, I have an inbox that is being imported that has 1200 messages in Thunderbird. When I import the folder into Mail.app, Mail only shows the folder to have approximately 600 messages! Keep in mind that most if not all of the folders that I'm transfering to Mail (from Thunderbird) show a wrong number of eMails (the number of eMails in Mail is lower than it should be, as Thunderbird shows more eMails than what Mail shows).

I haven't been able to figure out what is going on.

Can anyone please provide me with some insight as to how to properly import my eMails to Mail? :( I'd really appreciate any help; I've been tinkering with this for a while now and have been unable to get everything working correctly.

Any thoughts/ideas/help appreciated. :)
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The number of files reported by an application is meaningless. The question that you should be asking is whether or not all of your email was imported properly. To answer that question, open both apps and scroll through the mail in each while comparing each list. Look for missing messages in Mail.app. If nothing is missing, then there is no problem.
 
I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, as I'm certainly not trying to belittle your reply, but why would Mail state that I have up to 600 less messages that Thunderbird shows?

Unless Mail, somehow, calculates the number of messages differently.

I will try your advice...thanks.
 
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