Trying to migrate mail folders

I have an iMac and I use apple mail with 2 mail accounts (plus iCloud). In the older account I have many saved mail folders that I want to either migrate to iCloud or my other new account. Can this be done? If so, how?
Thanks I hope!

Export or save the messages in OE to a set of eml files in some folder in Explorer. Next, create a folder in TB under Local Folders, then drag the eml files from the Explorer folder and drop them in the TB folder.

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Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:11
[email protected]
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<Property SpecialFolder = "Inbox"/>
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<Folder path = "Calendar">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Calendar"/>
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<Folder path = "Tasks">
<Property Name = "Migration items/Tasks"/>
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<Folder path = "Sent Items">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Sent Items"/>
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<Folder path = "Sent Mail">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Sent Items"/>
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<Folder path = "Sent">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Sent Items"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Deleted Items">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Deleted Items"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Trash">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Deleted Items"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Drafts">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Drafts"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Draft">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Drafts"/>
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<Folder path = "Junk E-mail">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Junk E-mail"/>
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<Folder path = "Spam">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Junk E-mail"/>
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<Folder path = "Contacts">
<Property Name = "Migration Items/Contacts"/>
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<Folder path = "Outbox">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Outbox"/>
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<Folder path = "Journal">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Journal"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Notes">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Notes"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "Public Folders">
<Property ExcludeFolder = "true"/>
</Folder>

<Folder path = "[Gmail]/All Mail">
<Property ExcludeFolder = "true"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "All Mail">
<Property ExcludeFolder = "true"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "[Gmail]/Drafts">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Drafts"/>
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<Folder path = "[Gmail]/Important">
<Property Name = "Inbox/Important"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "[Gmail]/Sent Mail">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Sent Items"/>
</Folder>
<Folder path = "[Gmail]/Spam">
<Property SpecialFolder = "Junk E-mail"/>
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<Folder path = "[Gmail]/Starred">
<Property Name = "Inbox/Starred"/>
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Richard Eitel wrote:
I have an iMac with many mail folders containing many emails. I just purchased a MacBook. Is there a way to transfer the mail folders and all the existing emails onto the MacBook
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Hi Glenn,
Might I please dredge up this older topic?
I want to "import' or "transfer" my Mail accounts and many, many mailboxes from my EXISTING laptop to a new Lion BUILD that I am constructing on an external device. Both are 10.7.4 of course.
I have been constructing a fresh BUILD of 10.7.4 on an external device--reinstalling all my apps as oppposed to a Migration, which brings everything across in one big sloppy mess. I have issues with some defunkt HP software that won't fully uninstall--and I just want to start fresh this time. (there's remnants panther, tiger, leopard, and SL from years of migration) My rebuild is not live yet, it doesn't have any accounts. I did this already on another 8core I use for work--performance and stability has increased.
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I've got a Groupwise 8.x email account and my only access is from a web browser. This account is being deactivated, and so I want to migrate all my email to my Gmail account. Through the settings of my Gmail account, I was able to IMPORT email from the Inbox of my Groupwise account. But, that step did not export any mail contained in my cabinets.
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In article <[email protected]>, Scotty81 wrote:
> I tried to install the full client on my PC. I was able to do so, but
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> email account would be my next option. I don't have an account,
Well you do have an account that you are trying to get mail out of, that
is the account you would be using, selecting the IMAP option and
pointing it to the GroupWise server.
And you have an account you are trying to get your mail into, your GMail
account, that you'd also have to connect to via IMAP.
> Then the instructions for extracting the Novel email from the
> Thunderbird client?
Select all messages from a cabinet folder, Drag and drop them into
GMAIL. Rinse and repeat per folder.
Andy Konecny
Knowledge Partner (voluntary SysOp)
KonecnyConsulting.ca in Toronto
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