From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 19:50:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4278106571A for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:50:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f21.google.com (mail-gx0-f21.google.com [209.85.217.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624238FC1F for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:50:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by gxk14 with SMTP id 14so201539gxk.19 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:50:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=HqrqLB8WyvuEp95te3HRvR1yn02S+pHojes7nO609W8=; b=djJerZyfbDDDXGOoII1mOrFVBNBOaiAuyJeGVAjcJdNgGCyG3UcaMVXY3VGb6axT3b ANfS5835gs7Cfold2MARTxYr6zIK8yuZDyVaHNSfAligK7VZOLKAC88WTgZWgtrmsfq/ fceGSiVBy8ICpH1fRutHUE8Ambnp73xYUuK6Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=c7pHPYDLCdhKc21x+BUr0JE0msYSHCy+gacR7bM8KXyqJRDer5n4kA5NuFS/Q1xvER UM5yHhF258rvXwrSmX7h86LG++p0SsvMTrKVlj9BrggUzusvQ1RqWQf0eCDUPCgLZiIy bfQ9S83qnqcJiJake+dt7a6uARH/Zw2H+A7Xk= Received: by 10.142.174.8 with SMTP id w8mr12990396wfe.318.1231876255733; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:50:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.115.3 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:50:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:50:55 -0800 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Grant Peel" In-Reply-To: <496CED86.1090608@thenetnow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <496CA938.60903@thenetnow.com> <496CB890.4070700@gmail.com> <496CD550.5060701@thenetnow.com> <496CED86.1090608@thenetnow.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Transition Questions. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:50:59 -0000 On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Grant Peel wrote: > Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 13, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Grant Peel wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> A couple of more questions if anyone has the time. >>>> 2. I want to import my Oulook express folders to Thinderbird. I know it >>>> can be done on windows, but when I try the impirt feature (running >>>> Thunderbord on FreeBSD), there is no option to do this. Is there a way? >>>> >>> >>> Aside from doing the import on Windows? Unix versions of T'bird have no >>> knowledge of Microsoft's PST files, but I suppose you could upload your >>> Outlook email to an IMAP server and then download those messages normally >>> from there. >>> >> >> Outlook != Outlook Express. OE, last I looked, stores its mail in a >> .mbx file, which isn't compatible with .pst files. >> >> Beyond that, I can't say. >> >> Kurt >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > Hi Guys, > > Looking at the folders on Outlook Express, they are in *.dbx format. > > Does this help? > > -Grant Sorry, my memory led me astray - they are .dbx files. And, unfortunately, that doesn't help. I think the procedure described by George Davidovich is your best bet. Kurt