[Discuss] Please help convert a .pst file for use by Evolution

[Jerry Feldman]

On 10/03/2012 11:15 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> Thanks for reading this. 
>
> I've just flattened a seriously owned Wintel box and installed Ubuntu 11.04 LTS on it. 
>
> The only remaining task is to convert my wife's emails into a format
> that Evolution can use. I've read a bit of the doc on libpst, but it
> seems to be overkill for a one-time transfer, so I'm looking for
> alternatives.
>
> I have a laptop with Windows 7 and Outhouse Express on it, but that's
> the only M$ email software available if any is needed. The files were 
> created by Outlook 2000. The .pst file is about 500 KB. 
>
> All suggestions welcome. TIA.
>
There are a number of ways to do this. Thunderbird
(http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_.pst_files) can convert this rather
automatically.  Evolution has a similar function:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/84239/import-pst-in-evolution-3-2-1
Do you want to import those files on Windows or on Linux. In any case,
once you convert those files to mbox format, they are more portable. If
you transfer the entire Outhouse mail directory to Linux you can easily
import. Or you can use Thunderbird on Windows to import.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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