Dec
26.
So, I’ve recently installed Ubuntu Linux x64 (9.04 — Jaunty Jackalope) — It has certainly been an experience. I’m not going to complain about the Linux install because it actually went smoothly — very smoothly, and where I had a few minor hiccups (like nvidia video driver), I resolved it fairly quickly thanks to a few Google searches here and there…
The majority of my pains stem from having to install Microsoft Applications, using WINE, so I can use them on Linux. In the perfect world, Microsoft and Adobe would make applications for Linux as they do for Mac, but they don’t…
One of the major hurdles to overcome is since Outlook will NOT work in Linux, and Evolution the packaged email client with Ubuntu looks fantastic and easy to use, I wanted to export my Outlook (4-Gb) to Evolution. You would think in today’s world of interoperability, exporting from a proprietary structure (.pst) to a more open standard would be easy, no, it’s not.
However, I found an EASY SOLUTION:
Download & Install Mozilla Thunderbird (ver. 2.0.0.22) email client onto WINDOWS.
- Follow the install directions
- When install is finished open Thunderbird.
- From the Main Menu, Select Tools
- Select Import
- Select Mail
- Select Outlook (or Eudora, Communicator, Outlook Express)
- Wait for the import to complete…
Now, you’ll need to find where Thunderbird moved the emails…
- From the Main Menu, Select Tools
- Select Account Settings
- Write down the Local Directory information (You’ll need this info when you boot back into Linux).
In Evolution Email Client (Setup Evolution if you haven’t done so already)
- Select File
- Select Import
- Find the mbox file you want to transfer in –Be sure to create Folders if you want emails in different folders.
The fact this is such a drawn out process is a bit ridiculous — Yet, I’m happy there is a solution that is relatively easy, even if it is drawn out…
