[pmmail-list] Exporting fromm PMM to Outlook?

[Sorin Srbu]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 05:51:17 -0800, Don Buska wrote:

>Thanks Sorin.  I look forward to your trial results.

I bet you are. ;-)

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@orgfarm.uu.se]
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:29 AM
>>To: pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
>>Subject: [pmmail-list] Exporting fromm PMM to Outlook?
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 04:56:28 -0800, Don Buska wrote:
>>
>>>I too would be interested in such a conversion.  I have 
>>many-many years
>>>worth of PM Mail I'd love to convert over.  I still use PMMAIL for my
>>>private accounts on both OS/2 and W2K.  Like Sorin we have 
>>recently started
>>>migrating the servers here at work to WIN2003 Servers.  No 
>>NetBeui on these
>>>babies and since OS/2 has lagged so far behind in the 
>>networking arena I
>>>will no longer be able to use it here at work much, except 
>>for standalone
>>>and general internet stuff.
>>
>>Just spoke to the former unix-admin at our dept, and we discussed
>>how a migration may be doable:
>>
>>As you might know, all mails in Pmm are single messages in clear
>>text. We were discussing whether all those single files couldn't be
>>concatenated into a big single file (one file per mailfolder), then
>>renamed to mailbox.mbx, and in import that file into Outlook. We
>>thought tjhis might definetly work, but needs testing on
>>non-critical mails first.
>>
>>I'll try this soon, and get back to this list.
>>
>>If there aren't any spcial tools for this out there, the aboe way
>>may be worth trying.
>>
>>HTH.
>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@orgfarm.uu.se]
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:17 AM
>>>>To: PMMail Mailing List
>>>>Subject: [pmmail-list] Exporting fromm PMM to Outlook?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I'm sorry to say this, but I can't linger on with PMMail anymore.
>>>>Time has finally run away from it...
>>>>
>>>>The new reommended mailer at our department is currently Eudora,
>>>>but will be substituted to Outlook (OL) in a really near future. 
>>>>
>>>>The problem however, is that I can't find a way to export all my
>>>>years worth of mail from PMM to something OL can understand.
>>>>
>>>>Has any of you tried this, and can shed some light on the issue?
>>>>
>>>>Any help, hints, pointers and such are welcome.


BW,

Sorin

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