How to convert Eudora folders to Linux ? Extracted from debian-list using Kmail (from KDE).
First of all, some terminology: what is called 'folder' under kmail-linux was called 'mailbox' in Eudora-win, being 'folder' used to name subdirectories for hierarchical archiving. If mailboxes was what you meant, then no conversion is necessary. Eudora mailboxes are in UNIX mail format. so, simply copy the .mbx files to your mail subdirectory, /home/<user>/Mail, opened kmail, and voila, they were ready to browse. Different mail setups may have differences in the details, but the important thing in that your Eudora mailboxes are actually UNIX mail folders. Eudora addresses are not much complicated. Wherever you have your Eudora mail you will find a file called nndbase.txt. Simply erase the first two entries in each record: The first is the word 'alias', and the second the actual value of alias. What will remain in each record will be somethig like "Roberto Ripio" <[email protected]>. -- நன்றி பிரவீன்.சோ Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks !! http://kanchilug.wordpress.com My Views for u http://grifinder.wordpress.com -- நன்றி பிரவீன்.சோ Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks !! http://kanchilug.wordpress.com My Views for u http://grifinder.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
