Chapter 5. Organizing and Managing your Email

Table of Contents

Importing Your Old Email
Getting Organized with Folders
Create Filter Rules to Automatically Organize Mail
Using Virtual Folders

Importing Your Old Email

Columba allows you to import old email and data, so that you do not have to worry about losing your old information.

Columba can import the following types of data:

  • Mbox (mbox) - The email format used by most email clients. One single file containing a complete mail folder

  • MH style mailbox (mh) - A folder containing a single file for every message

  • Mozilla (mbox)

  • Evolution (mbox)

  • Pegasus Mail (mbox)

Tip

Visit our wiki at http://columba.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/ to get the most up-to-date information about importing data in Columba.

To import your old email:

  1. Click Utilities->Import Mailbox...

  2. Choose the email format, click Next

  3. Choose the file and the destination folder in Columba, click Next

  4. Click Finish

Figure 5.1. Mail Import Wizard

Mail Import Wizard