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On Fri, 24 May 2013 19:16:06 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Are you sure Thunderbird's files are in imap format?  I didn't think 
> they were - I thought they were in some Thunderbird-specific format.

Nah, it's essentially mbox, just like Eudora before it. Which is
convenient because mostly just remembering to use binary transfers is
enough to get from Thunderbird to shell mail tools, and back again.

-- 
50. My main computers will have their own special operating system that
    will be completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh 
    powerbooks.
	--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord