Import email fromWindows OutlookExpressto Ubuntu

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On 04/05/2007 07:51 PM, Rashkae wrote:
> RS wrote:
>> Hi Listers,
>> 
>> I have just installed Ubuntu on Hard Drive-D.  MS Windows and much email are on Hard Drive-C.  Is it possible to import that email into Ubuntu?  I am a nubie so, be specific.
>> 
> 
> The easiest way is to install Thunderbird on Windows, and import your
> e-mail from Outlook Express into Thunderbird.
> 
> Then boot into linux, use the file manager to open your Windows drive
> and find Thunderbird's e-mail files. They will be in Documents and
> Settings/[user]/Application Data/Thunderbird/profiles/[some random
> gibberish]/mail/Local Folders/
> 
> Copy those files, and paste them in your ~/.evolution/mail/local folder
> (You only need/want the files that are the same name as the e-mail
> folders..  For example. copy Inbox, but not Inbox.msf.)
> 
> 

In pictures:
<http://www.howtoforge.com/importing_outlook_express_into_thunderbird_evolution>