[SC.LUG] Importing Files

[Matthew Tolley]

Superb!


I'm on the case...

Thanks again,


Matthew



> -----Original Message-----
> From: sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Ewan Leith
> Sent: 09 November 2003 12:39
> To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users
> Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] Importing Files
> 
> 
> you open the netscape mail application, i think you have to create an 
> account an so on, then click on "Tools" "Import" "Mail" then it will 
> give you a choice of various email clients - Outlook and Outlook express 
> are both in there. Once you hit ok, it should sit there for a while, 
> then populate your netscape inbox with all your emails. You can then 
> copy the entire directory of mails from windows to linux
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application 
> Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\randomstuff\Mail
> 
> contains all my emails in windows, that's what you'd need to copy to 
> linux. in linux it's something like /home/user/.netscape/Mail, but you'd 
> need to check it first.
> 
> Ewan
> 
> Matthew Tolley wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ewan,
> > 
> > 
> > Sounds like rather a good idea. Once the data is on Mozilla for 
> Linux (say)
> > then could I transport it to Gnucash or other similar 
> application on Linux
> > if I wanted to?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Matthew
> > 
> > 
> > P.S. - I think I have Netscape 7 for Windows - how do I import the .pst
> > file?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >>[mailto:sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Ewan Leith
> >>Sent: 09 November 2003 10:45
> >>To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users
> >>Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] Importing Files
> >>
> >>
> >>Netscape 4.7 (and possibly mozilla/netscape6.x) for Windows can import
> >>.pst files, then you could copy the netscape mail files to linux, and
> >>Netscape or mozilla for linux should be able to read them.
> >>
> >>Ewan
> >>
> >>Matthew Tolley wrote:
> >>
> >>>Duh!  Sorry I didn't mean PDF files, I meant .pst files!!
> >>>
> >>>*gets check-up from the neck-up*
> >>>
> >>>I have a few thousand emails on Microsoft Outlook (i.e. a .pst
> >>
> >>file) that I
> >>
> >>>need to import to Linux if I'm going to ditch the dreaded Microsoft
> >>>completely (which is happening in the next few days I hope!).
> >>>
> >>>So how can I import .pst files?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks again,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The ever non-technical Matthew
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>PS - Still OK for the 26th Everyone? Good - see you at the Merlin!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >>>>[mailto:sc-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Robert Marshall
> >>>>Sent: 06 November 2003 19:42
> >>>>To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users
> >>>>Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] Importing Files
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Neil Lucock wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I think Open Office.org 1.1 will open pdf files.
> >>>>
> >>>>It will write pdf files but not read them
> >>>>
> >>>>Robert
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