[NTLUG:Discuss] Outlook to Linux migration

[severian@pobox.com]

Goodness gracious, I hope not.
   I sure don't want any Linux program to be handling email in those 
atrocious pst files.  Microsoft chose to ignore standards and wants to lock 
you into their system.  Get out now.  Use Mozilla and migrate your mail to 
a standard format and never look back.  This may sound harsh, but I would 
not want to encourage anyone to keep their data in proprietary, 
non-documented formats.
   It looks like ol2mbox on SourceForge has not been updated lately.  So 
either Outlook has been stable in its file formats for a while or the 
project might be out of date.  I think I'd try Mozilla first.
   I like Evolution.  I use 1.4.4 at work and when I get a floppy drive for 
my Thinkpad to install Linux with, I'll be using 1.4.5 at home.  That's 
because I like having my email on a laptop I can take with me, if the need 
arises.
Good luck,
Ralph

In response to the welcome remarks of David Simmons at 03:47 PM 10/15/03 -0500:
>http://linuxrefresher.com/intro/migrate/migrating_OE.htm
>
>and have looked at the Evolution (which is the client I'd prefer to move to)
>pages.....unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a good 'migration path'.