I am finally planning on converting my personal workstation to Linux from Win2k. I have made a document of all the things I need to be able to do at work and very few of them look like they're going to present any problems on Linux. The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them? Plus what do you do with your OE address book? I'm assuming this problem has been encountered before. Anyone? Evan Morris evan@exclusivebooks.com +27 11 792 2777 (tel) +27 11 792 2711 (fax)
On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 16:36, Evan Morris wrote:
I am finally planning on converting my personal workstation to Linux from Win2k. I have made a document of all the things I need to be able to do at work and very few of them look like they're going to present any problems on Linux.
The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them? Plus what do you do with your OE address book?
I'm assuming this problem has been encountered before. Anyone?
You should be able to use Netscape or Mozilla on Windows to import the Outlook Express stuff into Netscape/mozilla. Then the mail is in standard mbox format that any decent mail program on Linux can read. I am not sure about the address book, but you should be able to export it to vcard or some text format (csv). I used Netscape to retrieve mail from Outlook 2000 into mbox format. HTH -- Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net <-------------------------------------------------> < The box said: Requires Windows 95 or better... > < So I installed Linux > <-------------------------------------------------> Disclaimer and Confidentiality Warning This message is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are notified that any distribution, use of or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received the communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. The views and opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender of this message and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of ATIO. Consequently, ATIO does not accept responsibility for such views and opinions and this message should not be read as representing the views and opinions of ATIO without subsequent written confirmation. Each page attached hereto must also be read in conjunction with this disclaimer.
On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 10:36, Evan Morris wrote:
I am finally planning on converting my personal workstation to Linux from Win2k. I have made a document of all the things I need to be able to do at work and very few of them look like they're going to present any problems on Linux.
The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them? Plus what do you do with your OE address book?
I'm assuming this problem has been encountered before. Anyone?
Evan Morris evan@exclusivebooks.com +27 11 792 2777 (tel) +27 11 792 2711 (fax)
Do you have access to an IMAP email server? If so move all of your email to the IMAP server, install linux and then move your email back after the install. Or better yet leave your email on the IMAP server. Ken
On Friday 25 April 2003 16:36, Evan Morris wrote:
The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them?
Kmail has an import tool that can handle Outlook Express' file format. It works quite well. Tools->Import
Plus what do you do with your OE address book?
No idea, sorry
On Friday 25 April 2003 16:36, Evan Morris wrote:
The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them?
I just emailed them to myself. After installing linux, I just hit downloaded them. Was pretty Easy.
Plus what do you do with your OE address book?
I got stuck rebuilding mine from scratch. I had saved the OE book, but was unable to import it. -Trey
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 25 April 2003 10:58 am, Trey wrote:
On Friday 25 April 2003 16:36, Evan Morris wrote:
The one thing that does look a bit dodgy is email. What do you do when you have a lot of email stored in .dbx files (native Outlook Express format) and you don't want to lose them?
I just emailed them to myself. After installing linux, I just hit downloaded them. Was pretty Easy.
Ahh, "if only" my ISP provided me with a 300mb inbox I could do this... [besides, this loses vital information, such as the time/date of the original I would think...]
Plus what do you do with your OE address book?
If you plan on using KDE, and by extension Kaddressbook, then kab does have an "import" function that works a lot like access's "csv" import -- it shows a table of "what is in the file", and you can assign particular fields to each column you actually want to "import" [there is even a predefined template for outlook 2000, of which OE may match...] - -- Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://osnut.homelinux.net/TomEmerson.asc iD8DBQE+qX4GV/YHUqq2SwsRAuh0AJ40tuaegxKbIYoULAK8bzNEMP5MNQCfb8x8 TX7fMgveAH1mTbnpCCcZjTE= =GNPc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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