On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 22:45 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > I don't know of any Linux applications or libraries that write/update > .pst files - they are all based around reading and converting the > file to something more standard. The issue really is that PST format > is a Microsoft proprietary (but open) format and there are multiple,
It has also been replaced by the OST file; while PST remains supported. For now. > The format seems to be very fragile in that it It is. There are sooo many ways to break a PST file, including just using multiple version of Outlook. I would not be comfortable using is an archive format in a case where people actually needed to access that archive. > As others have said, use IMAP - the pain of setting up a server will > almost certainly be beneficial in the long run. If setting up a > server is not your thing, then there are cloud based solutions. If the user just wants BLOBs of e-mails the MBOX file is a reasonable solution. I, personally, don't get why anyone would want such a thing... but that certainly works, I dumped messages to archival MBOX files in the past - mostly for reasons of Legal Discovery, etc... -- Adam Tauno Williams, [email protected] Multi-Modal Activists Against Auto Dependent Development resisting the unAmerican socialists of the Motorist hegemony http://www.mmaaadd.org _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
