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Cant upload mbox file to Gamil account. I recieve an error that say connecttion to imap server timedout.

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I am trying to upload an mbox file to gmail. It works momentarily then says connection to imap server timedout.

I am trying to upload an mbox file to gmail. It works momentarily then says connection to imap server timedout.

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Just how are you trying to do this?

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I am trying to copy them by selecting them and dropping them in an inbox folder.

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Selecting what... the mbox files or the emails they contain shown in the Thunderbird user interface. Really make yourself clear. I tire of asking for simple information.

How many emails at a time. My understanding is more than about 500 will probably fail for one reason or another.

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I am selecting the mbox file and attempting to copy it to an inbox folder.

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Isaiah6200 said

I am selecting the mbox file and attempting to copy it to an inbox folder.

I am not sire why you think that would be an effective way to get email either into Thunderbird or onto a gmail server. Try importing the contents of the mbox file to a local folder before you try to do anything else with the emails.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/