Re: [Evolution] transferring email repositories between evolution and outlook

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

The best way (i think) is if they've enabled imap access to exchange,
then you can just connect to it using imap, and copy the messages off.

Evolution cannot import outlook personal folder files, as they are in an
unpublished, proprietry format.

On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 18:47, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> Hi all:
> I'm in the uncomfortable position of having to use Outlook temporarily. I
> have been using Evolution for a while, and have a msg store in it.
> I have to use Outlook temporarily (at the office) and will want to migrate
> the Outlook msg store to Evolution when I get Linux up and running at the
> office.
> I was hoping to find a way of doing this, but nothing is obvious! The
> closest thing I can find in Outlook (ver 2002) for exporting is it's "
> Personal Folder File". However I've no idea if Evolution can accept this
> format..... probably not.
> The options under Evolution for importing are very different.
> Is there a way of converting the Personal Folder File to an Evolution format
> for import?
> I'm hoping that I don't have to start over again with my new office adoption
> of Evolution!
> Regs
> Rupert Heesom
>
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