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.