On Saturday 02 August 2003 02:08 pm, Fajar Priyanto graced me with: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello all, > I've been trying to import messages from OE6 into Kmail without > success. The process just stopped after some times. > Has anyone got any idea how to import it? > I use the Tool>Import menu from Kmail. > Thanks. > Fajar.
Hi, Fajar, It was posted here once before, but I doubt many thought to save the link. 'Dbfconv' converts Outlook/Outlook Express proprietary DBF database format into *nix MBOX. KMail can import or directly use this format. I haven't used it as yet, but the specs and hype on it look good. http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/ Your alternative is to import your OE emails into a Windows-based version of Mozilla, Opera, etc., first, as suggested by Franki. A well chosen Win-client will have some format acceptable to KMail. BTW, Evolution 'supposedly' can import OE emails, but up to version 1.2.2, this was barely so. You will catch some, lose many, especially if your OE emails are saved from different versions of OE over time. I haven't tried it in Evo 1.4.4, as yet. It may work. Evo stores in MBOX format. Keep in mind that KMail is happy to allow you to use MBOX and Maildir side by side. You may not want that. To convert MBOX to Maildir, KMail's default, you will need to create new target folders for what you wish to chnage over, making sure that they are designated to be 'Maildir' in the folder creation dialog box. Then, you just copy or move the emails over from the source MBOX to the target Maildir. KMail makes the conversion on the fly. I can sympathize with you. I had been struggling with importing nearly 35,000 OE emails into KMail and Evolution. It still boggles my mind that the one email type most commonly used in the world is not already the most well provided import filter in the *nix world. Must not be obvious enough. I certainly don't buy into lack of cooperation from M$. I doubt that everyone one of these odd-ball makers of some obscure email Win-client have M$'s blessings to hack into their email encryption and data structure to properly import. Apparently someone has, as indicated by the link. Good luck, T
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