Want to switch back to Eudora from Mail

[suzerain]

Hi there.

I decided to make the jump to Mail from Eudora about two months ago, since Eudora's OS X support was iffy.

Now, two months later, I just can't stand Mail anymore. It's got to be the most inefficiently coded program on my computer; it makes me feel like I'm using my old 6100 or something, it's so slow. Plus, it's really just not up to snuff for a power user, feature-wise.

So, I want to go back. But, I have a LOT of mail (dating back to 1995), and I cannot lose it. So, does anyone know of a conversion tool for people who want to switch OUT OF Mail? I can only find helpers to go the other way.

I know that Mail uses the .mbox format, and so does Eudora, but they appear to be different enough that one can't read the other's format without some sort of conversion.

Anyone got any tools or advice?

 

[gatorparrots]

Do you have the newest version of Eudora for OS X?
http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/download/mac_osx.html
The first step would be to download and install that.

Then you could try copying all of your .mbox files to Eudora's default mail store location (find .mbx if you are unsure of the location -- it might be within the Eudora application tree itself or in your User directory, depending on the install).

Then batch rename your files from the .mbox to .mbx extension. R-Name is a very good free utility for this purpose:
http://www.versiontracker.com/redir.fcgi/kind=1&db=mac&id=14404/R-Name2.0.dmg.gz

The newer version of Eudora claims to offer better OS X support, so you may be very happy switching back.