Opens a sheet that lets you choose a folder to which the selected
records will be exported.
- The selected files/folders will be copied into the folder.
- Individual selected e-mail messages will be exported as a single
mailbox file. To access the messages, import them into a mail
program or EagleFiler.
Please note that, because the library is open, it is not necessary to
export files in order to open them with other applications. You could
instead use the Open With External Viewer or Reveal In Finder
commands. The Export… command is intended for when you want to make
copies of the selected files or when the selected records are scattered
throughout the library so that they would not be easy to access from the
Finder.
Importing EagleFiler Mailboxes Into Other Mail Clients
EagleFiler natively stores e-mail as mailbox files using the standard mbox
format. All Mac e-mail programs can import files in this format. So, usually,
it’s not necessary to export mail from EagleFiler before importing it into
another app. Here are specific instructions for some common e-mail programs:
- Apple Mail
Choose File ‣ Import Mailboxes…, select the mbox files radio button,
click Continue, and then choose the folder containing the exported
mailbox file.
For messages stored as individual .eml files, you can simply
double-click the file to open it in Apple Mail. Once open, you can use the
Message ‣ Copy Message menu command to copy it into a mailbox in
Mail’s data store.
- Outlook 2016
- This version of Outlook does not support importing mail in standard formats.
However, you can import the messages into Apple Mail (above) and then use it
to copy them into server mailbox, which would then sync automatically to
Outlook.
- Outlook 2011 and Entourage
- Choose File ‣ Import…, select the Contacts or messages from a text
file radio button, then click the right arrow. Select the Import
messages from an MBOX-format text file radio button and click the right
arrow. Select the file and then click the Import button.
- Thunderbird
- Install the ImportExportTools NG
extension and then use the Import mbox file command.
- Windows Mail Clients
- To read mbox files on Windows, make sure that you import the files
rather than trying to open them by double-clicking. The Windows versions
of Eudora and Thunderbird (as well as many other mail programs) can import
mbox files.
Exporting Mail Before Importing
If you’re unable to directly import a mailbox file that’s stored in
EagleFiler, it may help to select the messages and export them as a new
mailbox file. This is for two reasons:
- EagleFiler stores the messages exactly as you imported them, and
some mail programs are not very tolerate of format differences. When
you export, EagleFiler tries to convert the messages to as
standard a format as possible, and this can lead to more successful
imports.
- Entourage and Outlook will only let you select a file for importing
if it has type code TEXT. Most mailbox files do not have a type
code, however EagleFiler will set the type code when you ask it to
create a new mailbox using the Export… command.
Exporting Mail to PDF
To save a message in PDF format, double-click it in EagleFiler to open it in
Apple Mail. Then choose File ‣ Export as PDF….