There is a tool for Windows, kind of like an automated clicker of buttons, called autoit, but if the screen resolution is different, or a window doesn't come to the top at the right time it fails.
On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 20:00, Jon Carnes wrote: > Depending on the version of Outlook you are using, you can do all the > conversions on one machine, share out that mail folder, go to the client > box and import their particular mailbox. Might be faster. > > Automating mundane windows tasks is not one of my specialties (thank > god!), though in the long ago I did use a "recording" device that turned > my keystrokes (and mouse clicks) into a macro that I could export from > machine to machine. > > If I were you, I would simply print up a fool proof web-page showing > folks what to do, make the imap mailboxes Read-only, and then turn the > users loose onto the task. Then you only have to help the execs and > Lusers that can't follow basic written instructions to do easy tasks. > > You'll also have to log who accesses which files - and let folks know > you are doing that... > > Alternately, you could turn an intern loose onto the job. Repetitive, > boring, mundane tasks are their tofu and potatoes. > > Good Luck - Jon > > On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 18:06, Glen Ford wrote: > > Glen Ford wrote: > > > > > Jon Carnes wrote: > > > > > >> Run an IMAP daemon on the server in question (or copy the MBox still > > >> mailboxes up to a server running an IMAP daemon) - setup the users to > > >> download the email via IMAP. > > >> > > >> Works like a charm. > > >> > > >> Jon Carnes > > >> > > >> On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 14:19, Glen Ford wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Looking for any pointers. I have a need to convert massive amounts > > >>> of unix style mailboxes to Outlook PST format mailboxes. > > >>> > > >>> Ideally would like to run in batch mode. I have done google search > > >>> for convertion tools. So far nothing that is both capable of batch > > >>> mode & mbox ---> outlook. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Any feedback is appreciated, > > >>> /Glen > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > Jon, > > > > > > You were right, it did work like a charm. Thank you very much ! > > > > > > /glen > > > > > > > Anyway to automate(batch) the setting up of the Outlook accounts? > > I am getting tired of doing it manually. > > > > > > I to keep the one-to-one relationship between a mbox and its outlook pst > > file. > > > > Thanks, > > /glen -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ If you never see anything that offends you, you aren't living in a free society Kim Campbell - Former Canadian Prime Minister -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
