Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:33:45 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving my Outlook PST file to any BSD E-mail client Message-ID: <40EED6F9.1070905@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <20040709125018.66e83a69.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <2850a22038acceca1101ca.20040709092043.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> <20040709125018.66e83a69.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > "Joshua Lewis" <jmlewis@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > >>Does anyone know of an e-mail client that supports importing an outlook >>.PST file. >> >>If I can move my old e-mail onto my new machine then I can be done with >>Microsoft. > > > This is a bit of "the long way around", but I've done it, so I know it > works. > > We set up a temporary IMAP server, and used Outlook to copy all the mail > and folders up to the IMAP server. Then you can just connect to the IMAP > server with your new mail client to get at all your stuff. Another workaround - amplifying a suggestion by another poster. You're obviously running windows now. Install Mozilla, fire up the mail client, do NOT let it become the default mail application, go to tools - import and import your outlook mail, and addresses (this only works if Outlook is still the default mail application). Copy the whole mozilla profile - location depends on your version of windows to CD or whatever. Install mozilla on FreeBSD, fire it up (to create the ~/.mozilla tree), close it down, copy the folders and files from inside the .slt folder from windows to inside the .slt folder in .mozilla/profilename/ Peter.
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