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sysbox 06-23-2013 07:56 AM

Linux Viewer for MS Outlook Email Archive Files
 
Hi. I'm look for a way to view my archived email from MS Outlook on a Linux machine. Is there a way to archive my MS Outlook email and then maybe convert to another format, and then view those emails from a Linux app (I don't know which app)?

jdkaye 06-23-2013 09:03 AM

I would help if you shared the file extension you're interested in. For example you can view .mht format just fine in Thunderbird. I have no idea what format MS Outlook uses. There is also this Firefox add-on:
Quote:

UnMHT 6.3.3
by arai_a

UnMHT allows you to view MHT (MHTML) web archive format files, and save complete web pages, including text and graphics, into a single MHT file in Firefox/SeaMonkey.
You can get it here.
If it's not mht you want then please be kind enough to tell us what you're looking for.
jdk

Madhu Desai 06-23-2013 09:13 AM

Moving Outlook email (data) to Linux Evolution mail client

sysbox 06-23-2013 10:46 AM

Quote:

I would help if you shared the file extension you're interested in.
I don't know the file format. That is part of the question. How can I convert MS Outlook folders to a format which I can use in a Linux System?

jdkaye 06-23-2013 11:11 AM

I mean the format of the files on the Windows system. You don't know that? Look at them. The part following the full stop is the extension. What is the extension of the files you want to read in linux?
jdk

sysbox 06-23-2013 08:03 PM

I don't know their extension for sure. I have not created any archive files yet. However, I think the default way of doing this creates files with a .pst extension, if that helps. But maybe there's another way to do this?

John VV 06-23-2013 08:10 PM

Also make 100% sure that you TURN OFF "hide file extensions of known files"
the default behavior of windows is to HIDE the file extensions

This makes sure that "Music.mp3" file is not seen by the user AS the REAL name " music.mp3.exe" and you install the virus instead of listing to the music file

Z038 06-23-2013 11:45 PM

I have used readpst, which is a utility from libpst, to read and convert MS Outlook pst archive files to mbox format. It worked really well.


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