Comment 3 for bug 493169

Thanks for your feedback, your points are valid. When I tested, I was able to transfer email from an IMAP account using this method, though it is not necessary. Here is a revised suggestion, with a few adjustments and spelling fixes:

<listitem><para>Open the folder <filename>Local Folders</filename>, which is found inside the <filename>Mail</filename> folder, and look for files with names such as <filename>Inbox</filename>, <filename>Unsent Messages</filename>, and <filename>Sent</filename>. If you did not store your email in the <filename>Local Folders</filename> area, choose the appropriate folder in <filename>Mail</filename>. Select a file and press <guibutton>Open</guibutton>. If you have many email messages, you may have to wait a while for the file to be checked before you can continue.</para></listitem>

Also, here is a suggestion for a note about IMAP and SMTP:

<note><para>You do not need to export mail messages if you use IMAP for retrieving email from the your mail server - the email is still stored on the server. You only need to export mail messages if you use SMTP to retrieve email from your mail server. This is because by default the email will not be persisted on the server after it has been downloaded to your computer when using SMTP.</para></note>

Finally, the line numbers you are listing do not match what I see in the source, where are you getting them from?