[Malvern] FW: Linux Migration - Mail Clients

[Richard Forster]

Ian

You can get some windows programs that can read ext2/3 partitions. I've 
used a couple over the years and while they were a bit funny to get 
going they did work. What I mean by that is that they required you to go 
through a mounting stage each time (very non windows in style) or used a 
non-standard file manager type program to read the drive. Can't remember 
any names but google will help.
Don't let that put you off though, they did work. As with Linux reading 
NTFS, reading is better than writing.


.pst files
Ahhhhh, you want to dual boot and use the same actual mail store files 
on both OSs. That would be quite hard[1] and I can't think of an easy way.
Either suck it and see, as in just use one OS for email. Or find a spare 
machine and run a local IMAP server, then access all your email over the 
home LAN.
Or, part 2. Have one half of the dual boot (or the second machine) set 
to not remove emails from the server. That way both machines have access 
to your mail, but one of them (the deleter) is the definitive email 
store (ie the one you take backups of [2]). It means you store two 
copies but lets you get a feel for things before you switch over. I use 
this method if I swap mail clients.

I'm reminded of a write up I saw once which explained how to use the 
same swap space in linux and windows. Very handy before hard drives 
became huge. My swap space is certainly larger than my mail archive.


Cheers

Rick

[1] and therefore challenging and fun. I wouldn't try it without keeping 
a second store of my emails so it kind of defeats the space saving 
approach. Actually I wouldn't try it at all, filthy windows, all tricksy 
  likes the hobbitses.

[2] You do take backups right?



Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Cheers Rik
> 
> NTFS
> 
> Taking the warning as read, can Windows read data on a Linux formatted
> drive - I presume it would have to be formatted as FAT32?
> 
> .pst files
> 
> So in essence what you are saying is that to run a dual boot system I'd need
> to duplicate the file storage on both Windows and Linux systems?  What a
> waste of space!
> 
> As an alternative, and this is straight off the top of the head, could I set
> up a smallish partition to act as a mail server and use both systems to
> access it?
> 
> I guess this wouldn't work on a single PC as you still need an OS to run the
> mail server.
> 
> Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Richard Forster
> Sent: 28 September 2006 20:35
> To: Malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Malvern] FW: Linux Migration - Mail Clients
> 
> 
> NTFS
> Reading is stable and has been for a long time. Writing is 'not
> recommended' last time I heard. Note that the kernel dev team apply
> insane degrees of filesystem integrity paranoia before they declare
> something to be 'stable'. I know I've read and written to NTFS without
> problems many times.
> 
> .pst files
> I don't know if it is still true but the situation used to be that no
> you couldn't read them directly. What you could do instead though was
> install Thunderbird on the windows box and import all the emails. Then
> take (or export, as appropriate) the Thunderbird mbox files straight
> over to linux and import those into Evolution. This has worked for me in
> the past. I've also been bitten by having very large pst files and
> running out of space doing the import but that was when I had 2GB
> partitions on a 9GB drive when I was at HP.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
> Ian Pascoe wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I was trying to work out why I hadn't seen my postings - I sent it from
> the
>> wrong mailbox!  I didn't realise that incoming mail was validated thusly.
>> Anyway heres the first of 2 earlier postings
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 	Ian Pascoe [mailto:softy.lofty.ilp at btinternet.com]
>>> Sent:	26 September 2006 19:11
>>> To:	Malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk; Malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>> Subject:	Linux Migration - Mail Clients
>>>
>>> Guys
>>>
>>> I seem to remember a discussion some time ago around the problems Linux
>>> had accessing drives formatted to NTFS - has this been resolved?
>>>
>>> Secondly, are there any Linux mail clients that can access directly
>>> Outlooks Data Files (.pst)?  I only ask as any mails I want to keep I
> move
>>> out of the live Inbox into one of these Data Storage files.  From my
> point
>>> of view Evolution is the preferred mail client, due to it's accessability
>>> enhancements.
>>>
>>> Phil, what was the meet time for next Tuesday - I know discussions were
>>> made around availability of parking but I can't remember what the upshot
>>> of it all was.
>>>
>>> Can I also ask the group to crash my PC!  If I bring it around to Geoff's
>>> next time can you help me by loading up the accessability version of
>>> Ubunto?  What would you want me to do prior to this <gulp> task?  I
>>> already have an unformatted 20Gb partition waiting.
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
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