wine and outlook

[Paul Kaplan]

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 02:30:10 Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > O. Sinclair wrote:
> >> Has anyone tried using Outlook under Wine?
> >>
> >> Why am I asking - a person has a huge outlook.pst file and we are trying
> >> to move her to Kubuntu Kmail. Instead of setting up a new account in
> >> Thunderbird (windows) as she is already using that too and then import
> >> from Outlook and then move to Kubuntu and import to Kmail... I thought a
> >> workaround for her to have "historical data" could be Outlook under
> >> Wine.
> >>
> >> And no - we don't have an IMAP server set up.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Sinclair
> >
> > Yes, I succesfully used Outlook 2000 with wine. I also heard that OL
> > 2k03 works fine with wine, but did not test this myself.
> >
> > I have no information about OL 2007 on wine.
> >
> > However, when Outlook Compatibility is needed, I would strongly suggest
> > to use codeweavers cross-over linux. It will save you a ton of sweat and
> > tears.
> >
> > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?letter=o;
>
> Mathew is absolutely correct.
>
> Using Thunderbird in Linux is much better and saves you even more hassle.
>
> Furthermore you do not need to potentially spend the money for codeweavers.
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
You can try codeweavers for 30 days for free, but you will need a copy/license 
key of Outlook to install.

FWIW I used OXP for several years and now O3K, both under codeweavers (wine).  
It is easier to install Windows apps under CW than wine.  Neither is feature 
complete, but both should allow you to export a pst file.

Paul