On 17/02/2012, at 12:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > No, actually I'm not familiar with Outlook on the Mac so I didn't realise > that Apple Mail would not import from it. > > Heres a few more ideas: > > If there are just a few emails, of course, you can always OPEN them in mail > and then use the "Message" -> "Move To" and select your Account/Inbox to > "import" the email into that Mail account > > Obviously if you are doing this in bulk it would be a very tedious process > however! > > > If you can get the emails into Outlook on the mac then this document says it > shows you how to get them into Mail: > <http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p99158349&d=Moving_Microsoft_Outlook_fo > r_Mac_2011_to_Mac_Mail_v5.pages> > I had a quick look and I think the basic idea is that you make a folder in > Outlook for Mac put all .eml files into it, drag and drop it to the desktop > and so you'll get a .mbox, which you can import into Apple Mail. Not elegant > but should work! > > > > This page <http://www.broobles.com/eml2mbox/> offers: >> eml2mbox - A Ruby eml to mbox converter >> This is a platform independant Ruby script for converting multiple eml files >> into a single mbox (Unix Mailbox) file whose format is described here. >> Generated files can be imported to all email clients under Windows, Linux, >> Mac, etc that support the mbox format (most of them do). If you find any >> problems importing generated files feel free to contact me (see the bottom of >> this page for details). > Personally, I know nothing about Ruby or using Ruby scripts - but you may > ;o) > > > You mentioned that there are converters out there - but that they are quite > expensive. This one is free for single file conversion (obviously of limited > use) but only 15 euro for the full version - which doesn't seem that > expensive to me: > <http://aconcahua.com/eml2emlx/> > >
the perplexing thing is that it's perfectly possible to double click each .eml file, and have it open in Mail! You can then tell Mail to "Move" the message to a mailbox of your choice, as you have suggested in your opening paragraph. Unfortunately, there is no way to do this in bulk. I'll have a closer look at the Outlook suggestion you made, although it's not clear whether you mean you create the folder within the Outlook application, or create it manually within the Outlook structure on the hard drive. I have tried the first option and it didn't work. Outlook would not accept the files. I'll try the second, but I have my doubts… I'll keep you posted. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
