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@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2003</CiteTitle>.
Updated: Jan 2004</CiteTitle>.
Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook
(not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. </Para>
</ListItem>
@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2003</CiteTitle>.
Updated: Jan 2004</CiteTitle>.
Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook
(not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. </Para>
</ListItem>

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@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ installation under RedHat Linux 8.x and 9.x. </Para>
Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2003</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2004</CiteTitle>.
Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook
(not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. </Para>
</ListItem>

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<author>Greg Lindahl, <tt/lindahl@pbm.com/
<date>v1.3, 2003-12-29
<date>v1.4, 2004-01-08
<abstract>
This MiniHowto covers conversion of old email in Microsoft
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ documented at:
<sect1>Copyright
<p>
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by Greg Lindahl
Copyright (c) 2001-2004 by Greg Lindahl
<p>
@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ Outlook to talk to IMAP servers if it's in Exchange mode.
1.3: Yet more minor fixes.
1.4: Information about TNEF stuff from Scott Phelps (thanks!)
<sect1>Other ways of doing this
<p>
A list of conversion utilities, many commercial, may be found at:
@ -112,9 +114,9 @@ mailboxes -- but the only solid report I've gotten was that
attachments were not converted, so if they matter to you, don't use
this method.
I found some documentation on the Ximian Evolution
website. I haven't tried this since I don't have a Windows machine
anymore. But, here's what they say to do:
There is some documentation on the Ximian Evolution website. I haven't
tried this since I don't have a Windows machine anymore. But, here's
what they say to do:
Run Mozilla Mail
@ -278,16 +280,18 @@ right-click on the folder name and select the "Copy" option. For the
destination, pick your Linux server at the bottom of the list.
<p>
However, life isn't quite that simple. Outlook supports folders
containing folders which also contain messages. The Linux IMAP server
does not support that; a folder is either a regular file containing
messages, or a directory containing subdirectories and files. So if
you have folders in Outlook with both messages and subfolders, you
can't copy the entire tree over to the Linux IMAP server. Another
incompatibility of the Linux IMAP server is that you have to tell it
in advance if a new folder will contain subfolders or messages. You do
this by appending a slash (<tt>/</tt>) to the folder name when you create
it. This slash will disappear when the folder is created.
containing folders which also contain messages. Linux IMAP servers do
not support that (at least those using Mailbox format); a folder is
either a regular file containing messages, or a directory containing
subdirectories and files. So if you have folders in Outlook with both
messages and subfolders, you can't copy the entire tree over to the
Linux IMAP server. Another incompatibility of the Linux IMAP server is
that you have to tell it in advance if a new folder will contain
subfolders or messages. You do this by appending a slash (<tt>/</tt>)
to the folder name when you create it. This slash will disappear when
the folder is created.
<p>
So, in order to copy a tree of folders to the Linux IMAP server, first
@ -315,6 +319,24 @@ also one extra message per folder which is a (useless) header.
line, which contains the envelope address of the email. Fortunately
you don't actually need that information.)
<p>
An additional wrinkle applies regarding attachments. Microsoft
sometimes bundles together several attachments into a ms-tnef
attachment; TNEF stands for Transport Neutral Encapsulation
Format. This attachment contains several mime-encoded attachments. I
was lucky that my mail folders didn't contain any of these -- they
seem to be created when people send you "Rich Text Format" email -- it
contains two alternatives, one in plain text and the other a
TNEF-encapsulated version of the message in rich text plus any
attachments.
<p>
Fortunately, there are some ways to unpack TNEF attachments.
One is the tnef project hosted on sourceforge, the other is
ktnef, which is a part of KDE.
<sect1>Deinstall IMAP from your Linux box
<p>
Once you've transferred all of your email, you will want to deinstall
@ -336,3 +358,4 @@ Voila! You have taken another step towards a Microsoft-free lifestyle.
</article>