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  From: Jake Hawkes <jake@infinitylimited.net>
  To  : Dan Shearer <dan@tellurian.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:43:48 +0000

Re: Converting Windows-style mail to Linux

Dan Shearer wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Seems that there is plenty of interest in converting/recovering all that
> > mail that people have locked away in Windows-based mail clients.
> >
> > There are some hints up on LinuxWorld, but in addition, there are some
> > tools up on FreshMeat that help convert Outlook Express mbx/dbx files as well.
> 
> Another very simple way if you have the infrastructure is to use network
> mail standards. OE can talk to IMAP servers, so with a bit of configuring
> you can go click-drag and your files end up on an IMAP server. That IMAP
> server could be quite a few open source things. If it happens to be UW
> imapd then all the mail will be in bsd flat file/mbx/whateveryoulike
> format.

this is the best way IMHO. I did this to convert about  18000 messages
from various clients - outlook, exchange, netscape etc. Now they are all
nicely situated on cyrus imap, and I pick and choose my mail app...

--
Jake Hawkes B.Eng, (CSE)

People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either of 
them being made.

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