ImportExportTools NG does not work recursively

[SeymourKnecht]

To whom it may concern,
I recently decided to recreate my MS Windows 11, Office 365: Outlook mail provider on a New Ubuntu PC.
I used Advik to save the Outlook “.pst” file as a hierarchy of MBOX folders and sub-folders: using a USB stick, I copied these file to the hard disk on my Ubuntu PC.
Below, I have included a part of the initial hierarchy:
.
├── 5D
│   └── 5D.mbox
├── AA
│   └── AA.mbox
├── Amazon
│   ├── Amazon.mbox
│   └── Det
│   └── Det.mbox
├── AndroidDeveloperStudio
│   └── AndroidDeveloperStudio.mbox
├── Apple
│   ├── AppleDeveloperStore
│   │   └── AppleDeveloperStore.mbox
│   ├── Apple.mbox
│   ├── ApplePay
│   │   └── ApplePay.mbox
│   ├── AppleSupport
│   │   └── AppleSupport.mbox
│   └── Det
│   └── Det.mbox
├── Avast
│   ├── Avast.mbox
│   └── Det
│   └── Det.mbox
├── AVG
│   ├── AVG.mbox
│   └── Det
│   └── Det.mbox
├── Azureus
│   └── Azureus.mbox
├── BabbleGerman
│   └── Dets
│   └── Dets.mbox

I Installed Thunder bird on the Ubuntu PC , and set up a local folder named “EBuy”. Next, I installed the extension “ImportExportTools NG”: you will see from the screen capture below that one of the options is “All mbox files from directory (with sbd structure)”. I interpreted this to mean that I could point at the root directory of the the above tree and the Thunderbird software would perform a recursive directory walk, copying the messages to the appropriately name folders in the Thunderbird local folder, “EBuy”.

Sadly, I discovered that I needed to copy the MBOX files one at a time into the Ebuy structure.

It seems to mean that it would be a straightforward task to add this functionality to the extension software.
If present, this would enable existing MS Outlook users to transfer to Thunderbird much more easily, increasing the take-up of your product.

[fragae75]

Hi , I have the same issue, I have converted with readpst a big pst file to a "mbox" directory tree . The pst has a huge number of folders.
It would be far more convenient to automaticaly reproduce the original pst directory structure wihout having to import each mbox one by one.

Thanks for your help !