Feature Request: import chat logs

[helmut72]

Your use case

What would you like to do?

Import chat logs from an export.

Why would you like to do it?

I don't want lost chats from an old instalation/bad username. Like it's always possible for mails/Imap server.

A counterpart for element-hq/element-web#2630

Have you considered any alternatives?

No response

Additional context

No response

[daniellekirkwood]

This is marked as a discussion as we still need to discuss the product requirements and impacts around this request. It's cross-platform and impacts all parts of our product and product strategy. Issues should be reserved for activities we believe are actionable or are on our backlog/roadmap.

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[helmut72]

It's possible to import chats form Slack:
https://element.io/blog/slack-migration/

... why isn't it possible to import exported chats from Element? I have still my bad configured (using subdomain instead of my domain) installation running from many years ago, because I don't want to lost my chats.