On 04Nov2015 09:12, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Anthony Papillion
<anth...@cajuntechie.org> wrote:
Does anyone know of a module that allows the wiring of Outlook PST files using
Python? I'm working on a project that will require me to migrate 60gb of
maildir mail (multiple accounts) to Outlook.
*wince*
I don't, but if there is such a thing, it'll probably be mentioned here:
https://pypi.python.org
But be careful. My gut feeling is that the format will be different in
every version of Outlook, so you'll need something exactly matching
it.
Microsoft have a page here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff385210%28v=office.12%29.aspx
which purports to document the PST format. There are links to the document
sections and also to PDFs.
It seems to be a simple and understandable format of a mere 190 pages. Yes, I
am joking, though not about the page count; it seems like an obscene and
totally nuts way to store email. IIRC, M$ LookOut! doesn't even use
Message-IDs, but some proprietry scheme.
Since you're migrating your mail *to* Outlook, I'd look for some means
of importing mail. Worst case, you could create a bunch of files in
the maildir layout,
The OP has these I think.
spin up an off-the-shelf POP3 server, and tell
Outlook to read it all.
Personally, though, I'd refuse the job altogether. Creating a 60GB
blob of mail is going to cause nothing but pain. That might even be
beyond Outlook's current hard limit - I don't know. Bad, bad idea.
It is a very strange request. But very corporate/government in mindset.
Alas, I cannot help to the with any tools or module for his task.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
Microsoft Mail: as far from RFC-822 as you can get and still pretend to care.
- Abby Franquemont-Guillory <abb...@tezcat.com>
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