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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