Can Mail.app import Netscape mail messages?

Andy wrote:
> In article <k7ednQsp69T8munanZ2dnUVZ_oaonZ2d.RemoveThis@comcast.com>,
> Ed Anson <EdAnson.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> My wife has been using Netscape to handle her email for several years
>> now. I finally persuaded her to use Mail.app, and have set her up for
>> that with one exception -- I haven't found a way to import her old messages.
>>
>> Mail has an "Import Mailboxes" command that requires selection of the
>> file to import. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the file that
>> contains her Netscape messages. Interestingly, I have found files that
>> include messages up to sometime in 2004, but none later.
>>
>> She has been using Netscape 7.2. The current system is Leopard 10.5.1.
>>
>> Any useful information will be appreciated.
>
>
> According to this:
>
>
> The old mailbox (mbox) file should be located within:
>
> /Users
> /[username]
> /Library
> /Mozilla
> /Profiles
> /[username]
> /[xxxxxxxx.slt]
> /Mail
>
> 'xxxxxxxx.slt' will be titled something different.
>
>
> Here's a good guide to the whole process:
>
> <http://email.calpoly.edu/documentation/mac/mac_netscape_7_detailed_migra
> tion_to_mail.doc>
>
> Cheers,
> Andy.

Thanks for the info, Andy.

It turns out that I was doing everything right, except for one thing. It
looks like Mail can only import from local folders, and my wife had
everything in her Inbox. I still don't know where Inbox is stored, but
after I moved the messages to local folders the transfer went fairly
smoothly.

There was one exception. I was trying to transfer nearly 10,000
messages. Mail choked after a portion of that and crashed. So I split
them into several smaller folders and the import worked.

Thanks again.

Ed