From 0572e0ccc44bafaf640d0a336083977eefc7621b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gferg <> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:13:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml | 4 +- LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml | 2 +- .../linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml | 51 ++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml index 0f4b43ed..d525b5e3 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox, MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO -Updated: Dec 2003. +Updated: Jan 2004. Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook (not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox, MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO -Updated: Dec 2003. +Updated: Jan 2004. Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook (not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml index 6d8c3a50..e0c155e2 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml @@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ installation under RedHat Linux 8.x and 9.x. Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox, MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO -Updated: Dec 2003. +Updated: Jan 2004. Covers conversion of old email in Microsoft Outlook (not Outlook Express!) to typical Unix file formats. diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml index 48aafcc5..72f16a2d 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Greg Lindahl, v1.3, 2003-12-29 +v1.4, 2004-01-08 This MiniHowto covers conversion of old email in Microsoft @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ documented at: Copyright

-Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by Greg Lindahl +Copyright (c) 2001-2004 by Greg Lindahl

@@ -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!) + Other ways of doing this

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.

+ 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 (/) 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 (/) +to the folder name when you create it. This slash will disappear when +the folder is created.

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.) +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + Deinstall IMAP from your Linux box

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. +