[pmmail-list] Exporting fromm PMM to Outlook?

[Sorin Srbu]

How did you import that unix mailbox to Eudora BTW? In my Eudora =
v6.2.1.2 I have only three choices to import, OL, OL Express and =
Netscape Messenger.

Could you elaborate a bit on the procedure pls?

Thx.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lists@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
> [mailto:lists@blueprintsoftwareworks.com]On Behalf Of John Bridges
> Sent: den 9 mars 2005 01:36
> To: pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
> Subject: [pmmail-list] Exporting fromm PMM to Outlook?
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> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 04:56:28 -0800, Don Buska wrote:
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> >I too would be interested in such a conversion.  I have=20
> many-many years
> >worth of PM Mail I'd love to convert over.  I still use=20
> PMMAIL for my
> >private accounts on both OS/2 and W2K.  Like Sorin we=20
> have recently started
> >migrating the servers here at work to WIN2003 Servers. =20
> No NetBeui on these
> >babies and since OS/2 has lagged so far behind in the=20
> networking arena I
> >will no longer be able to use it here at work much,=20
> except for standalone
> >and general internet stuff.
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> I gave a copy of all my past archives for a mailing list=20
> to a friend.
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> Here are the steps he used to take PMMail messages and=20
> import them into
> Outlook:
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> After looking at a few message headers, I saw that your=20
> msgs were posted by
> PMMail, so I grabbed a copy; looked at PMMail's forum;=20
> grabbed The BAT!;
> imported; exported to UNIX mailbox; grabbed Eudora;=20
> imported; ran Outlook
> Express; imported from Eudora; exported to Outlook; ran=20
> Access; imported from
> Outlook.... whew! But, I now have 15,537 messages in an=20
> Access database.
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> Here was his command line for using "The Bat!"
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>  thebat.exe
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/IMPORTU=3D"targAct";FOLDER=3D"targFld";IN=3Dc:\msgs\glpro2003.fld\*.msg
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> You have to use the command line with "The Bat!", if you=20
> use the import
> dialog, it cannot handle a large number of messages.

BW,

Sorin

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