Add-ons
NetscapeCommunicator 4.x Account Settings Migrator 1.0.1 Requires Restart
by ClearCode Inc.
Provies ability to migrates account settings and preferences from NC4.x profiles.
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Permissions
About this Add-on
This add-on provides ability to import E-mail accounts from Netscape Messenger 4.x to Thunderbird. If there are multiple Netscape Communicator 4.x profiles, then this imports each NC4.x profile as a Thunderbird mail account.
Migration wizard
Migration wizard starts in the following two ways.
Overriding setting values
If a setting extensions.nc4migrator.override.<setting_name_to_be_overridden> exists, this add-on overrides the value of <setting_name_to_be_overridden> with that setting value. For instance, by arranging a setting pref("extensions.nc4migrator.override.mail.server.*.empty_trash_on_exit", true);, this add-on overrides the value of <mail.server.*.empty_trash_on_exit> with true, and as a consequence, Thunderbird automatically clears trashes. Special setting value [[CLEAR]] let this add-on to ignore the corresponding setting by leaving its value empty.
Restrictions
Migration wizard
Migration wizard starts in the following two ways.
- Launching Thunderbird with no accounts.
- Selecting "Tool" -> "Netscape 4 migration wizard".
Overriding setting values
If a setting extensions.nc4migrator.override.<setting_name_to_be_overridden> exists, this add-on overrides the value of <setting_name_to_be_overridden> with that setting value. For instance, by arranging a setting pref("extensions.nc4migrator.override.mail.server.*.empty_trash_on_exit", true);, this add-on overrides the value of <mail.server.*.empty_trash_on_exit> with true, and as a consequence, Thunderbird automatically clears trashes. Special setting value [[CLEAR]] let this add-on to ignore the corresponding setting by leaving its value empty.
Restrictions
- Currently only IMAP mail accounts can be imported. POP3 accounts are not supported.
- Currently only following options can be imported.
- Identity
- Your name
- Email address
- Reply-to address
- Organization
- Signature File
- Mail Servers
- Incoming Mail Servers (only IMAP servers are imported)
- Server Name
- Server Type (IMAP only)
- User Name
- Mark new folders for offline download
- Use secure connection (SSL)
- When I delete a message
- Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Quit
- Empty Trash on Quit
- IMAP server directory
- Show only subscribed folders
- Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages
- Personal namespace
- Public (shared)
- Other Users
- Allow server to override these namespaces
- Outgoing Mail Server
- Outgoint mail (SMTP) server
- Outgoing mail server user name
- Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or TLS for outgoing messages
- Incoming Mail Servers (only IMAP servers are imported)
- Copies and Folders
- Formatting
- Identity
- Currently following options are ignored and configured with Thunderbird's default value.
- Contents of local address books
- Mail & Newsgroups
- Plain quoted text beginning with ">" is displayed with
- Display plaintext messages and articles with
- Play sound when messages arrive
- Remember the last selected message
- Confirm when moving folders to the trash
- Use Netscape Messenger from MAPI-based applications
- Identity
- Attach my personal card to messages (as a vCard)
- Anything in the "Edit Card" dialog
- Mail Servers
- Incoming Mail Servers
- Check for mail every N minutes
- Clean up all folders on exit (Thunderbird doesn't inlucde this feature)
- Rmember password
- Local mail directory: migrated to a new folder in the Thunderbird profile.
- Incoming Mail Servers
- Newsgroup Servers (anything)
- Addressing (anything)
- Messages (anything)
- Window Settings (anything)
- Copies and Folders
- When sending a newsgroup message, automatically
- Formatting
- When sending HTML mail messages to recipients who are not listed as being able to receive them
- Return Receipts (anything)
- Disk Space (anything)
