While this is similar to this previous hint about archiving email to Gmail.com's 2+GB storage for each user, it's a different approach.
The basic premise is that if you can get your email into mbox format (Netscape, Firefox, and Thunderbird use this, for instance), then you can, through the use of a script, resend all the email to Gmail in a way that preserves the date of the original email -- although the Received Date' in Gmail will be today's date, the original date on the email will also be archived properly. Likewise, you can archive all your outbound email as well.
To do this, follow the instructions on this web page. This tip works for both Panther and Tiger systems. And although this is mentioned on the web page, it's not in big bold letters, so I felt it was worth repeating here:
Tiger (10.4) users only have to follow steps one through four, and then step twelve. Panther (10.3) users have to follow all the steps.
I've just migrated 70Mb of mail to Gmail this way and it works great, albeit a bit slow ... but it gets the job done.
The basic premise is that if you can get your email into mbox format (Netscape, Firefox, and Thunderbird use this, for instance), then you can, through the use of a script, resend all the email to Gmail in a way that preserves the date of the original email -- although the Received Date' in Gmail will be today's date, the original date on the email will also be archived properly. Likewise, you can archive all your outbound email as well.
To do this, follow the instructions on this web page. This tip works for both Panther and Tiger systems. And although this is mentioned on the web page, it's not in big bold letters, so I felt it was worth repeating here:
Tiger (10.4) users only have to follow steps one through four, and then step twelve. Panther (10.3) users have to follow all the steps.
I've just migrated 70Mb of mail to Gmail this way and it works great, albeit a bit slow ... but it gets the job done.
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