changing email client - old mail goes?

[tomos]

I downloaded DreamMail the other day, installed it yesterday.
Seems much nicer than Thunderbird (the only email client I've ever used !)

But I've realised two things -
1) I dont seem to be able to export my mail from Tbird/ import Tbird mail to DreamMail
2) it doesnt seem to be possible to export my mail from DreamMail

Am I missing something here (often the case    but here too .. ?? )

Bit of a catch 22 if thats how it is.

Not happy with current, & cant take my mail with me
&
dont want to change to a client that I cant change from (that make sense?)


What do other people do in this situation - multiple choice:
A) find a client that can export ?
or
b) pray youre gonna love that new programme for ever
or
C) give up to a certain extent on all your old mail & make a fresh start (possible - not a bad idea actually but could be messy too - two programmes with mail to search if looking for something)

I remember reading in some thread Carol saying that she backed up mail by the year, december now ...

[rjbull]

Another possibility is multi-format e-mail archive programs like
Aid4Mail by Fookes Software
and
ForKeeps Message Archiver
but of course it depends on whether they support your particular format - and new/unusual clients probably won't be...

[tomos]

thanks rj (belated)

Aid4mail looks good - seems to be able to export mail from DreamMail

I'm still not sure whether to - or not to (move email client ..)