Re: Convert Outlook to Linux mail

From: ASSBITE (assbite_at_comcast.net)
Date: 04/27/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:44:57 -0700

Thanx form a Lurker!

mneptok wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:01:31 +0000, Sorri wrote:
>
>
>>Is there an easy solution to coverting my dual boot's Outlook 2003 to
>>Thunderbird or Mozilla Mail while in Linux? Once booted to Linux,
>>neither see the NTFS installation of Outlook. I have hundreds of
>>emails to transfer and didn't think Outport handled them very well
>>when I tried Evolution and now that Novell owns the software I want to
>>stay with a more "open" product.
>>
>
>Install Thunderbird on Windows. As part of its installation process it
>will ask if you want to import the mail from Outlook Express. Do so.
>
>Now you have Thunderbird on Windows with a mirror copy of the mail from
>Outlook Express. This mail is stored in C:\Documents and
>Settings\$USERID\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles. In that directory
>is a directory named xxxxxxxx.default (where xxxxxxxx is a random set of
>8 characters). The stuff in there is the stuff you'll want to move to
>Linux.
>
>On Linux the profiles are stored in ~/.thunderbird. Copy
>the files and directories from the Windows profile to xxxxxxxx.default in
>Linux.
>
>Done.
>
>./k
> 

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