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Subject: Re: (off-topic) mail in outlook express format

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 16:24:39 10/25/03

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On October 24, 2003 at 03:11:57, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On October 23, 2003 at 14:16:11, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On October 23, 2003 at 13:03:28, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>* sometimes I use it to search my old email archives that are still stored in
>>>Outlook Express format
>>
>>In case you're not aware, there is some stuff that a web search will pick up
>>that will let you get that email and convert it back to the mbox (normal :-)
>>format so you can move it to Linux.
>>
>>Dave
>
>I have tried to do it with Mozilla, which is supposed to be able to do it, and
>it failed miserably.
>
>I admit it was an earlier version of Mozilla (I think it was 1.2.something).
>
>So I have decided that I could simply keep those old email archives in Outlook
>format. Anyway I can access them very easily when needed with Win4lin.
>
>Maybe I'll take your advice some day and convert them to a Mozilla (standard)
>readable format.

Isn't Mozilla Mail for Outlook, not Outlook Express?  Outlook and Outlook
Express use different formats!

I did it with a third-party utility that I found on the web.  I can't remember
which one, unfortunately.  I just did a quick web search.  I think that this is
NOT the one I used, and I've never tried it, but I saw it recommended on several
sites:

http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/dbxconv.html

Good luck!

Dave



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