Re: [tlug] Disabling "Expire Messages" Function in KMail

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> CL writes:
>
>  > Is this the form of carping called "being koi"?
>
> Good Lord, you have even more problems with self-control than I do!

Gramps like us; Baby we were born to pun.

> Presumably there's an export-to-mbox-and/or-maildir function (if
> they're not already in that format).  Then any *nix MUA can read them.
> If there isn't that's another good reason to Run away! Run away!

No.  And even Kubuntu Forums has discussed that ad nauseam. 
Unfortunately, all I can find for advice is how to copy KMail's hidden 
directories, but not to export.  Neither Thunderbird nor Claws recognize 
the stored files nor can I find any sort of converter. It _appears_ as 
though the incoming mail is stored as mbox format, but, I recall 
accepting the default maildir formatting when I created folders.

If _anyone_ has advice on how to get the messages into another reader 
... preferably Claws (which wants files one at a time and fails to 
import them with too much regularity); or TBird (which doesn't allow me 
to search for and offer up the current folder) might be acceptable ...

> Claws has a lot of fans.  IIRC the former spamfighter in chief at AOL
> uses Claws (after Eudora gave up the ghost), and he definitely knows a
> lot about how to use an MUA effectively.  I'm pretty sure its I18N is
> spiffy, it's reasonably popular in Japan I think.

Thanks.  I am wasting valuable time RTFM'ing but pretending it is 
progress.  At this rate of optimism, I could qualify for a report 
writing position with the Pentagon in no time.

--
CL