Import Outlook PST into Evolution , Gmail POP3 setup
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• Start up Outlook so that you can use it's DLL access to the data.
• Start up Thunderbird and use the File|Import wizard to import mail from Outlook. This creates a bunch of mbox formated files inside a directory structure that matches the Outlook folder structure from which they came.
• Exit Outlook and Thunderbird.
• Copy the new mail files and directories from the Thunderbird profile Mail directory into the Evolution profile Mail directory. In my case, this meant copying to a whole new machine. I put them under the local mail directory.
• Start up Evolution. If all went well, Evo should notice the files and directories and show them as mail folders in the "On This Computer" folder.
• Start up Outlook so that you can use it's DLL access to the data.
• Start up Thunderbird and use the File|Import wizard to import mail from Outlook. This creates a bunch of mbox formated files inside a directory structure that matches the Outlook folder structure from which they came.
• Exit Outlook and Thunderbird.
• Copy the new mail files and directories from the Thunderbird profile Mail directory into the Evolution profile Mail directory. In my case, this meant copying to a whole new machine. I put them under the local mail directory.
• Start up Evolution. If all went well, Evo should notice the files and directories and show them as mail folders in the "On This Computer" folder.
Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server: imap.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 993
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.gmail.com
Use Authentication: Yes
Port for SSL:: 465 or 587
Use same settings as incoming mail server
Full Name or Display Name: your name
Account Name or User Name: your full email address including @gmail.com
Email Address: your full email address including @gmail.com
Password: your Gmail password
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465
Require SSL/STARTTLS: Yes
Require SMTP authentication: Yes
User name: your Gmail account name
Password: your Gmail password
With 2-step authentication set up: an app password for Gmail
POP
Incoming Mail (POP) Server: pop.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 995
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires TLS: Yes (if available)
Requires Authentication: Yes
Port for SSL: 465
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587
Server timeouts Greater than 1 minute, we recommend 5
Full Name or Display Name: your name
Account Name or User Name: your full email address including @gmail.com
Email Address: your full email address including @gmail.com
Password: your Gmail password
Make sure This server requires a secure connection (SSL) is checked under both Outgoing mail (SMTP):
and Incoming mail (POP3):. Type "465" under Outgoing server (SMTP):.
If the number under Incoming server (POP3): has not been changed to "995" automatically, enter "995" there.
Wouldn't this have been much better done using the original Windows OS to migrate Outlook to Thunderbird, which is cross-platform and supports both IMAP and POP3?
Wouldn't this have been much better done using the original Windows OS to migrate Outlook to Thunderbird, which is cross-platform and supports both IMAP and POP3?
Yes, I did. I am new and didn't realize I created 2 threads.
I tried at first to go with Thunderbird in my Windows PC, it was starting and crashing immediatly - maybe, it couldn't handle 104K records file size of 6.7 GB
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