Re: [Evolution] Mail migration from Evolution to Outlook

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

First of all: If Outlook does not support any widespread standard for
importing (mbox, maildir, ...) then it is an Outlook bug. Please
complain to them. [1]

Evolution handles the widespread mail format standards.


> Using mozilla-mail as an intermediate software works in the
> Outlook-to-Evolution way, but I can't get it to work in the
> Evolution-to-Outlook way:
>
> 1) Exporting Evolutions folders to mbox files work fine

As the default format of Evo actually is mbox you don't even need to
export the mail folders -- unless you changed the format on purpose.


> 2) Copying the files into the mozilla dir and opening the folders in
> mozilla works too
> 3) But Outlook Express / MS Outlook refuses to import Mozilla mails
> (Only Eudora, Outlook, MS Exchange,Netscape Communicator...).

Anyone care to explain the difference between "Mozilla mail format" and
"Netscape mail format"? ;-)

The only difference AFAIK should be ~/.mozilla/ instead of ~/.netscape/
directory...


> When pointed to the Mozilla directory (.../user/Mail/Local Folders/),
> the Import tool says: "No messages can be found in this directory".
> I have tryed the import tool with every possible combination with
> directories (/user/Mail/, /user/, ...) and with source mail-client
> (Eudora, Outlook, MS Exchange, Netscape, Communicator,...) but the
> answer is always the same.

Did you try the ~/.mozilla/ directory itself?

...guenther


[1] Am I the only one, wondering why we not only get questions like "how
to import to Evolution" but even "how to import to *Outlook*"? Aren't
the default excuses to not use OpenSource Software the "great support"
by MS?


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