reading from local mailbox file in thunderbird

[Ed Greshko]

Globe Trotter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how to read from a local mailbox file on thunderbird?
> The trouble is that I have fetchmail to dump mail into my local folders
> and then I have to read it from there. No options: this is a place of
> work requirement.
> 
> Any suggestions? TB seems to have a POP or IMAP option, nothing else.

What version of TB are you using?  Version 2.0.0.6 has the option to create
a "Unix Mailspool (Movemail)" account.

Ed