[ubuntu-uk] Outlook pst to evolution

[Rob Beard]

Michael Holloway wrote:
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> However; we deal with a lot of email in this company, and some users'
> archive.pst files are 5GB+, as well as a couple of gigs on the Exchange
> servers (outsourced). Googling a way to import this has only resulted in
> importing into mozilla in windows (to mbox), then copying the files
> across and importing into Evolution. - Also with warnings about folder
> trees and folder names (which is a big problem in our case, no detail
> necessary). The other thing I found is a 5 year old project "Outport"
> which I doubt we be of any use.
> 
> Have any of you had experience with this process? Or know of a good way
> to do it (without imap-ing in 2 directions). Additionally, for heavy MS
> Office users, any warnings? I use OO happily, but I barely even change
> font!

I found this... http://www.littlemachines.com/

It is a $10 program which converts PST's into mbox format, but as you 
say you can do that with Mozilla.  You *could* try saving each 
individual mail as a file (.eml format?) although I'm not sure if you 
could do them in bulk,  it's not ideal though.

I'd suggest also giving Outport a try, you haven't got much to loose.

If all else fails, depending on which version of Outlook it is, you 
could try running it under either Wine or CrossOver Office.

Rob