[dubailug] Re: Migration from Outlook to Linux

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:17:07 -0800

Dan's right. There are issues with migration from Outlook to Thunderbird if your mailbox is large. The reason is the propriatery PST standard that Outlooks stores user's information in. Because details on the format are a closely guarded secret [Microsoft likes the big $], the only way to export the information is to call an Outlook MAPI function from an external program [like Thunderbird] and try to get the mails. Unfortunatelly, the method is slow and not all records can be exported, just as Dan mentioned.
One of the solutions was offered by Dan, but this is in case you'd like to go with Thunderbird. I like it, but it is still somewhat simplistic and does not always satisfy the needs of a seasoned Outlook user. Well, most people find Thunderbird as a breath of fresh air after "LookOut", as one of my friends calls Microsoft's e-mail client.
So, if you on a lookout for something more, say Personal Information Manager type of software [including calendar, notes, etc.], I'd say you try Ximian Evolution.
Take a peek at this migration document:
http://www.neotek.hu/en/o2e_migration_guide.pdf
And good luck! Outlook may look ok from the outside, but when things are getting big, it kinda gets out of control.


> If you want to use thunderbird as your final application then I
> recommend that you install mozilla suite and migrate to mozilla prior
> to thunderbird due to the large amount of email that you have. Alot of
> people have trouble doing the migration direct to thunderbird as
> thunderbird does not always migrate all of the email and folders, I
> have only seen this happen on mail boxes that are large than 2gb. I
> experienced the same migration headache when I first did the migration
> which was over 18 months ago, I spoke to people at this years gitex
> who experienced the same headache and advised them to use the mozilla
> - thunderbird migration path, and this resolved the migration head
> ache. Brad and I were talking about thunderbird and large email at
> our last informal LUG meeting. Brad (like me) uses thunderbird and
> has close to 4gb of email data in his thunderbird. If brad receives
> an email whilst typing another email the application freezes for up to
> 7 seconds whilst thunderbird resolves brads email rules.
>
> daN
>
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