Re: [Evolution] Import filetypes

[John Lauterbach <lauterba bellsouth net>]

Andre, I have just gotten into Outlook 2016, and then only to meet client needs.  Apparently only export options are PST and CSV. 

The DBX format is apparently unique to the now defunct Outlook Express.

John

-----Original Message-----

From: Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>

To: evolution-list gnome org

Subject: Re: [Evolution] Import filetypes

Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:39:56 +0100

On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 11:36 -0500, John Lauterbach wrote:
> Andre, the instructions are incomplete in that they do not include
> information on importing Outlook Express (OE) dbx folders.  While OE
> is an obsolete product, I still maintain my OE and the dbx folders on
> the Win XP side of my laptop.  When I moved over to evolution several
> years ago, I did not import the dbx folders for inactive clients.
>  Recently, one of the inactive clients recently became active, and I
> had no problem importing the client's dbx folder into evolution.


Could you elaborate how Outlook Express is different from Outlook when
it comes to data formats? Does Outlook only use PST nowadays and is DBX
only an Outlook Express format? 
Asking as I have no Windows machine (or license) available.

Evolution does provide an "Outlook DBX import" plugin but that is not
covered in the docs (and it should not be covered if it is enabled by
default).

Specific improvement requests regarding the documentation page are
welcome, and contributing patches against
https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/tree/help/C/import-apps-outlook.page
is even more welcome (see https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/Developers ).

andre