wine and outlook

O. Sinclair o.sinclair at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 06:12:08 UTC 2009


Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
> 
>> To install Thunderbird on the Windows PC and then import from Outlook - 
>> then move the mbox-files to linux and then import into Kontact is the 
>> way "normally". Problem is she already also use Thunderbird on the 
>> windows pc for a separate mail account "non-business" and I am uncertain 
>> if thunderbird can import to a separate account.
> 
> Yes it can, first create the new account and then import to it. If you 
> want to be bulletproof in that, first backup her current profile, and 
> after doing all the changes restore the backup. Given the amount of 
> troubles that interfacing with Outlook and the rest seems to involve, 
> I'd guess it's also the quickest solution :)
> HTH,
> I.

Thanks for that valuable information! I will try this when I get a 
chance, sadly I am leaving the office this person is using (and 
travelling quite far) in an hour or so, will not be able to verify until 
some weeks from now.

Kind regards,
Sinclair




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