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0011 <articleinfo id="importwizardinfo">
0012 
0013 <title>The &i18n-importwizard; Handbook</title>
0014 
0015 <authorgroup>
0016 <author>
0017 <personname>
0018 <firstname>Laurent</firstname>
0019 <surname>Montel</surname>
0020 </personname>
0021 <email>montel@kde.org</email>
0022 </author>
0023 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
0024 </authorgroup>
0025 
0026 <copyright>
0027 <year>2013</year>
0028 <holder>Laurent Montel</holder>
0029 </copyright>
0030 
0031 <date>2016-07-27</date>
0032 <releaseinfo>5.3.40 (Applications 16.08)</releaseinfo>
0033 
0034 </articleinfo>
0035 
0036 <sect1 id="introduction">
0037 <title>Introduction</title>
0038 
0039 <para>&i18n-importwizard; allows to import emails, settings, addressbook and calendar data detected in
0040 your user account from the following mailers:</para>
0041 
0042 <para>
0043 <application>Trojitá</application>, <application>Evolution 1.x - 3.x</application>,
0044 <application>OS X Mail</application>, <application>Opera</application>,
0045 <application>Sylpheed</application>, <application>Thunderbird/Mozilla</application>,
0046 <application>The Bat!</application>, <application>Outlook Express</application>,
0047 <application>Balsa</application>, <application>Pegasus-Mail</application>,
0048 and <application>Claws Mail</application>
0049 </para>
0050 
0051 <para>Additionally you can use the manual import for <application>KMail Archive</application>,
0052 <application>mbox (Unix, Evolution)</application>, &kmail; Maildirs, <application>Icedove</application>,
0053 <application>Lotus Notes</application>, <application>Plain Text</application>
0054 and <application>Mailman</application> Archives.
0055 </para>
0056 
0057 <para>
0058 If no mail data are detected automatically then click on <guibutton>Manual Selection</guibutton>
0059 in the start window and use the <link linkend="manual-import">Manual Import</link> features.
0060 </para>
0061 
0062 <para>You can start &i18n-importwizard; directly from the application launcher or from &kmail;
0063 with <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import Wizard</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
0064 for automatic detection or from &kmail; with <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
0065 <guimenuitem>Import Messages</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for manual import.
0066 </para>
0067 
0068 <note>
0069 <para>Close &kmail; before importing data. Some plugins will modify &kmail;'s configuration file.</para>
0070 </note>
0071 
0072 <para>For information about other utilities to import mails please read the
0073 <ulink url="help:/pimdataexporter">PIM Data Exporter</ulink> handbook.</para>
0074 
0075 <sect2 id="detected-mailers">
0076 <title>Detected Mail Applications</title>
0077 
0078 <para>At startup the import wizard will detect all supported email applications,
0079 and list them for you in the window. Select the email application you want to import from,
0080 and click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button. The wizard will then ask if you want to import everything,
0081 or give you options to select which types of materials you want to import.</para>
0082 
0083 <screenshot>
0084 <screeninfo>Import Selection</screeninfo>
0085   <mediaobject>
0086     <imageobject>
0087       <imagedata fileref="import-selection.png" format="PNG"/>
0088     </imageobject>
0089     <textobject>
0090       <phrase>Import Selection</phrase>
0091     </textobject>
0092     <caption>
0093       <para>Import Selection</para>
0094     </caption>
0095   </mediaobject>
0096 </screenshot>
0097 
0098 <para>Depending on your selections in the materials to import screen,
0099 you will see one or more of the following screens:</para>
0100 
0101 <itemizedlist>
0102 
0103 <listitem><para>To import mail messages, you need to
0104 select the folder you want your email messages to import into. 
0105 Once selected, click the <guibutton>Import Mails</guibutton> button.
0106 Once the progress bar reaches 100%, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, 
0107 or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button, if this was your last material 
0108 selection.</para></listitem>
0109 
0110 <listitem><para>To import mail filters, click the <guibutton>Import
0111 Filters</guibutton> button and it will import any filters it found, once finished click 
0112 the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button, 
0113 if this was your last material selection.</para></listitem>
0114 
0115 <listitem><para>To import settings, click the <guibutton>Import
0116 Settings</guibutton> button. The wizard will ask you some questions &eg; which folder 
0117 to use for account folders that do not exist. The wizard will also create your identity. 
0118 Once complete, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> 
0119 button, if this was your last material selection.</para></listitem>
0120 
0121 <listitem><para>To import address books or calendars, click the <guibutton>Import
0122 address book</guibutton> or <guibutton>Import Calendar</guibutton> button, and it
0123 will import all address books or calendars it finds.
0124 Once complete, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
0125 </itemizedlist>
0126 
0127 <para>Click the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to complete and exit the wizard. 
0128 If at any time you wish to end the wizard, you can click the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> 
0129 button.</para>
0130 
0131 </sect2>
0132 
0133 <sect2 id="manual-import">
0134 <title>Manual Import</title>
0135 
0136 <para>
0137 <screenshot>
0138 <screeninfo>Manual Import</screeninfo>
0139   <mediaobject>
0140     <imageobject>
0141       <imagedata fileref="manual-import.png" format="PNG" />
0142     </imageobject>
0143   </mediaobject>
0144 </screenshot>
0145 </para>
0146 
0147 <note><para> Please make sure that you compact your folders in the other email client.</para></note>
0148 <para>Select your previous email program from the drop down box. The center text area of the dialog will update
0149  with special instructions (if applicable), and the known location of email message storage for that application.
0150  Follow these instructions, then select the folder you wish to import your messages to.</para>
0151 <para>If you want to remove duplicate messages, check <guilabel>Remove duplicate messages during import</guilabel>.
0152  A file select dialog will pop up and you need to select the file/folder noted in the instructions.
0153  Click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button to complete the import. When the import is finished you
0154  can click the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> button to import from another application or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to exit.
0155 </para>
0156 </sect2>
0157 
0158 </sect1>
0159 
0160 <sect1 id="credits">
0161 
0162 <title>Credits and License</title>
0163 
0164 <para>&i18n-importwizard;</para>
0165 <para>
0166 Program copyright 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org
0167 </para>
0168 <para>Section Manual Import is a modified copy of the KMailCVT handbook</para>
0169 <para>
0170 Documentation Copyright &copy; 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org
0171 and Scarlett Clark scarlett@scarlettgatelyclark.com
0172 </para>
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0177 &underGPL;               <!-- GPL License -->
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