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On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:15 PM, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23/05/11 12:57, Grant Sewell wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 7:25 AM, tom<tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 22/05/11 19:56, Simon Waters wrote: >>>> >>>> On 22/05/11 19:23, Gordon Henderson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> A few google searches suggested simply copying it over from the XP box >>>>> "as is" - which is what I did - I used the file manager to copy the >>>>> entire Thunderbird profile directory from the XP side to the >>>>> .thunderbird directory - and it worked! No exporting accounts, >>>>> addresses, themes, settings, etc. >>>> >>>> I meant for Outlook and many other clients the easy route is into >>>> Thunderbird on Windows, and then over to Thunderbird on GNU/Linux. >>>> >>>> The Outlook export uses the API, they use to include it in the GNU/Linux >>>> version of Thunderbird even though it wouldn't work without the relevant >>>> Microsoft DLLs for accessing the Outlook mail store. >>>> >>> Does this mean Outlook (and Outlook Express) can be transferred to >>> Thunderbird more or less seamlessly? >>> Tom te tom te tom >> >> "seamless" is subjective. >> >> I have moved people from Outlook& Outlook Express over to Thunderbird >> fairly well by using an IMAP server in the middle. I added the IMAP >> server to the Outlook/OE instance, moved all the mail over manually, >> then added the IMAP to the Thunderbird instance. >> >> Was a pain but seemed to work better than the various tools I found >> that will offer to move Outlook/OE stuff to Thunderbird for you. One >> tool that looked promising simply exported all the Outlook/OE messages >> into .eml files and dumped them in the relevant Thunderbird profile. >> Although technically it *did* work, it was clumsy and inelegant. >> >> Grant. >> > I was trying to find out how difficult it was - I would not imagine to be > drag over account details easily but otherwise I was wondering how hard it > would be to automate transferring an Outlook(Express) user to an open source > message/pim setup. > > When you say you moved the messages manually was that simply a case of drag > and drop for a directory tree or a bit more tricky? > Tom te tom te tom It was indeed a question of dragging and dropping the folders from the "local" part of Outlook/OE into the IMAP account. It took bloomin' ages. Having said that, I was happy to do this - the rest of the company wanted to stay with Outlook and those using OE were happier moving to Outlook than they were moving to Thunderbird. I tried persuading them but at the end of the day it was their choice and I would rather have let them keep their software than lose a contract. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq