Re: need to extract email from outlook express - any email programsfor redhat do this?

[Alex Hunsley <lard tardis ed ac uk>]

Duane wrote:

> see below
>
> lard tardis ed ac uk wrote:
>
> > I need to extract emails from outlook express - are there any email 
> > programs suitable for redhat that will do this? I've installed 
> > mozilla 4 but even in this latest version it can only import emails 
> > from netscape 4. Or if anyone can suggest a third party utility that 
> > will help get my emails across, that would be appreciated...
> >
> > cheers
> > alex
> >
> > p.s. not sure what version of outlook express it is, as win98 seems 
> > to just have bitten the ghost and won't boot now.
> >
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> I think if you install Netscape 7.02 in Windows it will allow you to 
> import outlook email, select tools import. You then would end up with 
> a directory (check mail & newsgroups settings, server settings, local 
> directory) that can be copied to linux. Netscape 7.02 (my preference 
> since 7.1 did away with the sidebar in email ) can then be changed to 
> point to the folder with the formerly M$ Ourlook email.

Thanks for that infio. Does netsacpe 7.02 use a proprietary mailbox 
format? I remember it being that way in another version... I just don't 
want to get locked into nonpublic format mail files...