Re: [Sheflug] Re: Microsoft Outlook to Redhat 9 Mozilla

[Lesley Anne Binks <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

J Simpson V21 <hubblesimpson [at] members.v21.co.uk> wrote :

> Alex wrote:
> >
> > Moving to either should be easy. But the trick is to move from Outlook
> > to Mozilla on *Windows* first - mail applications on Windows can easily
> > read Outlook stuff because it's built into the OS; it's a lot harder on
> > other platforms.
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> I have Windows 98 with Microsoft Outlook 2000.  I downloaded Mozilla 1.7.3
> from their site and installed it on my windows side.  I opened it up and it
> imported my mail, settings and address book like a dream.  I then coped the
> mail file to my shared harddrive and booted into Redhat 9.  I opened Mozilla
> cancelled out of all the bits where it was trying to get me to enter
> settings and then went to import and nothing happened.
> >
>  That can
> > then be transferred to a Linux system, and you should be able to access
> > your mail there.
> 
> How do I do that?
> 
> >
> > There are various pages out there which document this process, viz.:
> >
> > 	http://support.real-time.com/tbird/outlook_import.html
> >
> > (Btw, I would recommend trying thunderbird if you haven't already)
> >
> 
> My understanding is that Thunderbird is just the same as Mozilla, but just
> the email bit.  Thanks for the link, I've been there, but there isn't a
> button to import from Mozilla to Mozilla.  Am I incorrect in thinking that I
> can't get Mozilla to import from the windows side?
> 
>  Richard wrote:
> > I'm on Mozilla 1.7.3 and it only imports other Netscape/Mozilla
> > folders.
> 
> Hi Richard, I have Mozilla folders on the Windows side exactly how do I get
> it to import??  I will go and have a look at what kmail is.
> 
>  Lesley wrote:
> > Glad to hear you've made the decision to at least look at Linux. :-)
> >
> Sore point, I have been at this migration since March and I'm still not
> there yet.
> 
>  Lesley wrote:
>   At least then, you'll be copying a mere text file
> > across to wherever you want it to go.
> 
> It appears the hard bit was very easy and its the easy bit I am finding
> impossible? If no one knows how to get the Mozilla mail folder from the
> Windows to Redhat side.  Is there another way to do it that may be easier.


Hi Janet 

You don't say if you are networking two separate boxen or dual booting. Apologies if you've already said and I have missed that or forgotten it. 

If you are networking two boxes then the only way I am aware that Linux and Windows can talk to each other is via Samba running on the Linux box.

If you are dual booting, then, to be honest, I need to update my knowledge of what Windows partitions Linux systems can read.  I *think* (but please read up on this) that Linux can read/write to FAT and FAT32 partitions but can only read an NTFS partition.

Others here might correct me on these points.

Windows 'sharing' folders are really only recognised by other Windows machines.  I feel you should be careful about using those unless you are sure they are secure from outsiders on the Internet.  The shared folders are where people put stuff they want to share with *everyone* e.g. pirated music, DVD's and videos.

If you are dual booting then take a look at your partition table.  A 'df -h' command will list your mounted partitions and tell you stuff like how much diskspace they are using.

You might see the windows partitions on your disk listed there if they are mounted.

If this doesn't help then try 'less /etc/fstab' to look at your mounting possibilities to see what's in there.  Check, by reading up in HOWTO's (/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html on SuSE), on how to mount a FAT or NTFS partition.

You'll need an xterm window on the RH side to be able to execute these commands.

Please write back here if you have any further questions and **I would advise a back up of your data** :)

Failing all this, the easiest alternative is to copy the data off onto a floppy or CD. You can use zip on the Windows side and should be able to unzip the data on the RH side. ;)

(This last bit assumes that you would be converting to use RH to retrieve your mail.  Or happy to repeat the process a number of times.)

Regards and HTH

Lesley





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