On Tuesday 10 December 2002 16:27, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 15:56, Amir Tal wrote: > > > > is there a way to convert maildir folders to an outlook .pst file ? > > > > i know kmail can convert from outlook express to kmail (maildir) and > > > > i was wondering if there is anything similar, but in reverse, and for > > > > outlook. > > > > > > how about pulling it as pop messages? > > > > to many (more them 10,000) > > Let Outbreak do it for you (with some help from Free Software): fire up > an IMAP server with Maildir support (Courier-IMAP comes to mind) on a > Linux box and export the Maildir there. Open up the IMAP folder using > Outbreak and just drag and drop from the IMAP folder to the local > folders. > > You probably will have to break the Maildir into several folders because > I have serious doubts about Outbreak being able to handle so many > messages at once.
the messages are devided into 32 subfolders. ok, it looks like we are going to spend some time here on configuring a new imap server just for that. Courier you say ? will look into it... > > > > why on EARTH would anyone want to > > > keep stuff in pst? > > > > cause this is the new enviroment this guy has to work in. > > My sincere condolences. > > > better on an IMAP server or (alternatively) a less > > > > > bug ridden mail client than LookOut. > > > > no imap access at the new workplace. > > Put it on an Internet server somewhere and connect from work. I've been > doing it for years. This has the very real advantage of separating work > mail from personal mail and if he uses IMAP over SSL his mail can even > stay private, something you can't expect to have in the work sponsored > mail in this sad times... > > > > either way, this kind of a question should not be on this list :) > > > > i know, sorry about that. > > this is why i said that i came up empty, and came here as a last way out. > > sorry if i am bugging anyone... > > I think it IS on topic. Sue me :-) i think so to, i just wasnt in the mood for dealing with marc and friends today ;) > > > > > Amir Tal > > > > Founder, Owner > > > > Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal > > > > > > umm... > > > Ira Abramov, > > > Founder, Abuser > > > IGLU, the Israeli GNU/Linux UG server. > > > > you just had to, didnt you ? ;) > > Gilad Ben-Yossef, > Lord of the Pings good thing you added that "n" in the last word there ;) tal. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
