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How to use MailMate to view local .MBOX email archive file

#3403

Hi

I have downloaded MailMate. I dont want to connect to my Google Workspace account as I use Chrome to handle my current emails.
I have taken a backup of my emails and downloaded them onto my local hard drive as a .MBOX file. I want to use MailMate to
view my old emails. I should be able to go File > Import Messages and select the .MBOX file but the "Import Messages" menu
option is greyed out. How do I fix this problem and Import the .MBOX mail archive?

Regards
Chris

Reported by Chris Harasty · November 4th, 2024 @ 09:10 AM

State: resolved
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

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  1. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to resolved

    MailMate doesn't really support local emails, but if you are only going to use MailMate like this then I'd recommend simply creating a dummy offline IMAP account (with bogus settings). You can then create mailboxes within it and import into those.

    In general, I don't recommend dummy accounts because they do not work intuitively when moving emails between online and offline accounts.

    November 4th, 2024 @ 10:08 AM

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