changing email programs

Could some kind soul explain the steps in changing from Evolution mail to Thunderbird, Please, and without losing emails.

Thank you in advance 

No One

Adminsitrator

 

Well, I thought someone would know!!!!!!

Thunderbird

Have not used it - can't help. I like my Evolution.
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Not the easy answer you're probably looking for, but...

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=evolution+to+thunderbird+migration

This article in particular seems pretty comprehensive:

http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-migrate-from-evolution-to-thunderbird-in-ubuntu-intrepid/2008/12/04

I'm not surprised nobody knows the answer off the top of their head. Most email clients are much of a muchness, and nobody expects them to do anything startlingly innovative, so people tend to stick to what they've always used.

Personally, I use an IMAP mail server, so all my mail stays on the server and regardless of what client I use, I just have to configure it with my account details and hey presto all my mail is there. I really don't know, what with the inexpensiveness of hard drive space these days, why ISPs don't offer IMAP as a matter of course.

try the mozilla forums

I changed years ago and don't remember whether I kept the old emails. Try the Mozilla forums: http://forums.mozillazine.org/