Merging Mailboxes From Two Eudora Accounts into One Account in Windows
Time to Complete (in minutes): 15
- Question:
- I have two Eudora accounts and two Eudora shortcuts in Windows.How do I merge the mailboxes from the two accounts together into one account?
- Answer:
Caution: There are critical security vulnerabilities in Eudora version 6.2.0 and earlier for Windows. In addition, Eudora versions 5.1 and earlier do not support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), a required component for connecting to the VT Mail server. For these reasons, please upgrade to the latest version from Eudora's
Download page
(http://www.eudora.com/download/).
To merge the mailboxes from the two accounts:
- Move the mailbox files from one account to the account you want to use:
- Locate and open the Eudora folder of the account you no longer want to use.
Note: To find the location of the folder, place your cursor over the shortcut to the Eudora account you no longer want to use.The location will come up in a box.
- From the View menu, select Arrange Icons By.
- Select Type.
- Complete the following steps for each file in this folder that ends in ".mbx":
- Select the file.
- From the File menu, select Rename.
- In the text box, type: [Mailbox Name]2.mbx
Note: Replace [Mailbox Name] with the part of the original filename before ".mbx".
- Select all the files that you have just renamed.
- From the Edit menu, select Copy.
- Locate and open the Eudora folder of the account you want to use.
Note: To find the location of the folder, place your cursor over the shortcut to the Eudora account you want to use. The location will come up in a box.
- From the Edit menu, select Paste.
- Transfer messages from the imported mailboxes to the mailboxes in which you want to store them:
- Start the Eudora account you want to keep.You will see the recently renamed mailboxes.
- For each mailbox that ends in "2":
- Double-click the mailbox.
- From the Edit menu, select Select All.
- From the Transfer menu, select the mailbox where you want the messages from this imported mailbox to go.
- Right-click the same mailbox ending in "2", and select Delete.