Re: [Evolution] Importing Windows Pegasus files into Linux Evolution

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 21:51 -0500, Glen wrote:
> I am converting my wife's Windows 7 system to Fedora 23 in a dual boot
> situation. Been trying to get  her off of windows for years now with
> bring forced to w10 she is willing.  She currently uses Pegasus for her
> e-mail and I wanted to move her mail files to Evolution. I can mount
> her windows partition on the Linux system and wondering if there is a
> simple way to import the PMAIL files into Evolution? 
> Been doing some research but not finding anything.

Pegasus is not that common so it's unlikely there will be a direct way
of importing the files.  Possibly the easiest way to go, as John said,
is to export the mail as mbox files and then those can be imported into
Evolution.

But you didn't say how your wife currently retrieves the mail into
Pegasus - if she uses IMAP, then just configure Evolution to point to
the same IMAP server, and it will work.

Another solution is to actually move to using IMAP - if your wife also
has a charter.net email account, then there are instructions on their
website on how to move from POP to IMAP.  Basically it amounts to
switching over to IMAP and then copying all the mail back onto the
server.  Once the mail is on the server, you can do what you want with
it in Evolution.  Even if you don't stick with IMAP, using an IMAP
server to copy the mail from one location to another is perfectly sane
(I do it frequently for users).

Can I just add that *I* think IMAP has many advantages over POP, but
it's not for everyone. You need to think about the pros and cons before
deciding what to do. These suggestions are NOT a prompt for a long an
acrimonious discussion about the advantages and shortcomings of each.

P.