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Contributor benoyanthony on Evolution Mail and Calendar

migrating my e-mail should be easy  
Written by cheesehead the 20 Jul 08 at 02:01. Implemented
I install Ubuntu, but Evolution can't read my old Outlook/Outlook Express e-mail! Is this the dark ages?

I figured out how to convert my e-mail (readpst) - but I'm a geek who likes solving problems like that. To attract non-geeks, it must be easier!
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Selected solution (#1): Create a library to convert to/from many formats
Written by cheesehead the 20 Jul 08 at 02:01.
Use a library to convert all the e-mail formats: Outlook, OE, Apple Mail, Notes, Evolution, Thunderbird, etc. Including login data, mailboxes, archives, address book/contacts and calendars.

Full-featured clients like Evolution and Thunderbird can use the library and write their own wrappers to get near-universal import and export.

Since it's a library, small e-mail clients can get the same benefit.

A standalone installation script can use the library to migrate a user's e-mail and settings on a fresh install.
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Selected solution (#2): converter/plugin for evolution to convert from .PST to .MBX
Written by stinger30au the 23 Jun 09 at 05:04.
lets just point evolution at the .pst files from the windows pc & let it import the data itself in one simple step

saves a lot of time wasting for sure

just need someone to write the program/plugin now
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Selected solution (#3): copy and paste
Written by stinger30au the 23 Jun 09 at 21:24.
kmail and evolution are open source projects

cant we just copy/paste the import routine and modify it abit from kmail and add it to evolution so we can import mail directly without going thru imap or thunderbird first
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Selected solution (#4): Create a tool to convert this Mail clients files to supporting format.
Written by benoyanthony the 14 Jul 10 at 10:05.
Creat a tool software which can convert mail client file format (e.g. .pst, .mbx) to other format which is supportable to other mail clients.

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