Overview: Currently to import messages, mail settings and address book information it requires 3 different steps which is time consumig and cumbersome. 1. File|Import|Mail (to see the messages that appeared in the previous app) 2. File|Import|Settings (to allow the retrieval/sending of messages) 3. File|Import|Address Book (to see the address book entries) Expected Results: It would be better for most users to have an option to select File|Import, choose the third party program (i.e. Eudora) and have it retrieve all the information in one step.

Maybe Mozilla can use "checkbox" instead of radio button when choosing what to import

*** Bug 57861 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Marking nsbeta1 so that importing mail/settings/ab is easier. Seems silly to go through 3 processes.

reassigning to srilatha.

[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement. They have the same meaning.

Whats need to release this bug as fixed?

An export feature for Thunderbird would also be helpful. I know you can backup your profile, but it always gives some trouble because of prefs.js's absolute paths.

Ouu, I forgot to make some description to my previous patch. My patch competely rewrites import dialog. Why? because the previous code was so complicated that making things without rewriting was impossible. What is the benefit? The import dialog has one more option: "Import everything from another mail program". How it is done: On first page of import dialog remain choices "mail", "addressbook" and "settings", with the same functionality as with current import dialog. But there is also option to choose "everythint". If user choose "everything", on next page select applicatation to import from. On next page is summary what will be imported and user can deselect whether import all three stuff or only some. Other benefits: A. import dialog is not a xul "window", but "wizard", so it has standart wizard look, current import dialog is different from others wizards. B. it will be easier to implement such changes like bug 124486 C. it has little bit smaller code :) Disadvantages: it is big change. but is changes only UI, import modules are not changed. someone must correct new locales, because my english is very bad :( Can someone review my code and tell me whether it is acceptable?

Neil, is Mail&News GUI also your area? If so, could you check attached patch?

unreviewed patch. (+Jan is no longer working on it) slightly bitrotted from two small patches checked in from Bug 256826, Bug 144743 Block bug 124486?