On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 11:38 -0700, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > I am a recent convert to Linux - CentOS 4.4, then 5.0 to be specific. > > I had a ton of email in my Outlook folders that I wanted to import > into Evolution, but it doesn't do that. The recommended method was to > convert to some other, supported email program and then convert from > there to Evolution. > > So, I converted all my email from Outlook to Netscape (which sucks), > and from there attempted to convert to Evolution. Two problems > emerged: > > 1) Evolution did not recognize my Netscape email at all. Hence, it > did not suck in all my NS email. I don't know why - it's in the right > places. > > 2) I tried to import all my email one folder at a time. That worked > up to a point: NS uses compressed files to contain some of my email, > and Evolution did not recognize those at all. > > When I went from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0 (Gnome 2.16.0) I hoped this would > be "fixed" but alas, no such luck.... > > So, how do I get those (gobs of) compressed email messages into Evolution?
Not sure, but does Thunderbird support importing mail from Netscape ? If yes, you could try in 3stages Netscape->Thunderbird->Evolution ( the last stag is optional ). I had used this method for MS outlook ( pst files ) -> Thunderbird ( windows )sd -> Evolution . > s > Thanks. > -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
