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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>

LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.sgml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 <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
+There is some documentation on the Ximian Evolution website. I haven't
-website. I haven't tried this since I don't have a Windows machine
+tried this since I don't have a Windows machine anymore. But, here's
-anymore. But, here's what they say to do:
+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
+containing folders which also contain messages. Linux IMAP servers do
-does not support that; a folder is either a regular file containing
+not support that (at least those using Mailbox format); a folder is
-messages, or a directory containing subdirectories and files. So if
+either a regular file containing messages, or a directory containing
-you have folders in Outlook with both messages and subfolders, you
+subdirectories and files. So if you have folders in Outlook with both
-can't copy the entire tree over to the Linux IMAP server. Another
+messages and subfolders, you can't copy the entire tree over to the
-incompatibility of the Linux IMAP server is that you have to tell it
+Linux IMAP server. Another incompatibility of the Linux IMAP server is
-in advance if a new folder will contain subfolders or messages. You do
+that you have to tell it in advance if a new folder will contain
-this by appending a slash (<tt>/</tt>) to the folder name when you create
+subfolders or messages. You do this by appending a slash (<tt>/</tt>)
-it. This slash will disappear when the folder is created.
+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>
 
+