Check this mini-HOWTO: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.html
On Saturday 12 July 2003 12:45, you wrote: > dear linux-il :) > > first of all, thanks to anyone who reads this and responds :) > > i'm trying to get one computer that's running on win2k to move to linux, > using knoppix ... but first i have to get all the mail out of Outlook2000 > and into some format like mbox that can be read by kmail. > > i have compacted the active .pst file down to 128 megs (it was originally > over 2 gigs, so making it any smaller is really tough). > > i tried the "import" function in both netscape 7.1 and mozilla 1.4 many > times, but both keep "hanging up" the import process about 15% - 25% of the > way through ... > > i tried the import thing both online and offline, to see if connectivity > could affect the process... it did not. > > i know that the .pst file may be "corrupt" (a concept i find remarkable in > and of itself)... is it possible to fix the corrupt file enough to get the > job done once? > > i also know that the .pst file may contain some email viruses (though i > have pc-cillin installed and had avg checking the files too), but viruses > aren't much of a matter, really ... since they won't be run on the linux > box. could the viruses be preventing the process from being executed? > > in good news, i did manage to "import" the contacts from the Outlook2000 > file to the mbox file ... would it help to import the emails if i now > deleted the contacts out of Outlook2000? > > someone suggested that i reinstall mozilla and try again ... but is that > really likely to help until i fox whatever's wrong with the .pst file? > > is there some tool that exists to do this, other than the import feature in > the mozilla mail program? isn't there some way to get it done from within > linux, or do i have to labor with MSFT until this is done? > > again, thanks and i hope i'll hear back from you, > > <|As the flaggin' poles stay, shabat slalom :) |> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani, GNU/Linux Kinneret. Public GPG Key: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/kinneret/z9u2k.asc ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
