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03-15-2015, 12:35 PM
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Outlook.pst converting with readpst to kmail / mbox: keeping the directory structure
I have five years worth of outlook.pst files (in annual slices) which I want to import into kmail. The separate mails are stored in a directory tree in outlook.
Whe I issue the command
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readpst -S -r outlookfile.pst
I get a new directory besides the original outlookfile.pst on my drive named "outlookfile". It contains the directory tree of outlook but in each "leave" and "node" is a mbox file (containig the mails) with the fine name of "mbox"  .
This is an example:
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"outlookfile"
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work private
mbox mbox
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done todo
mbox mbox
Thus I have to load every mbox separately into kmail -- after creating a directory by hand the name of which I have to look up in a file manager. Then I have to move the files from the newest mbox-directory in kmail into their intended final position (or rename the mbox). How can I get the directories and files into kmail the way they were arranged originally in outlook in one fell swoop?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions  .
Last edited by JZL240I-U; 03-17-2015 at 04:26 AM.
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04-12-2015, 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JZL240I-U
How can I get the directories and files into kmail the way they were arranged originally in outlook in one fell swoop?
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An IMAP to IMAP store copy obviously would have been the easiest migration but have you seen tools listed at https://userbase.kde.org/KMail/Tools?
//NTBL
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04-13-2015, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by unSpawn
An IMAP to IMAP store copy obviously would have been the easiest migration ...
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Is it possible to do that from an USB-stick in the same machine? That's where my .pst files are stored...
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Originally Posted by unSpawn
...but have you seen tools listed at https://userbase.kde.org/KMail/Tools?
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Not yet, will look soonest. Thanks.
<edit> I did look. I'm already using the most "modern" program they advertise. Regrettably a "thunderbird on a windows machine" is not an option, since I don't have any windows on my box... </edit>
What is the meaning of "//NTBL"?
Last edited by JZL240I-U; 04-13-2015 at 12:31 PM.
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04-13-2015, 04:37 PM
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Is it possible to do that from an USB-stick in the same machine? That's where my .pst files are stored...
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Ah, sorry, no, IMAP to IMAp copy means server to server...
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Originally Posted by JZL240I-U
<edit> I did look. I'm already using the most "modern" program they advertise. Regrettably a "thunderbird on a windows machine" is not an option, since I don't have any windows on my box... </edit>
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How about using virtualization? Or anyone in the vincinity having a windows machine you could temporarily (ab)use?
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What is the meaning of "//NTBL"?
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"No Thread Left Behind". Was coined by a LQ member way back then when cleaning up old threads and the Four Letter Acronym just stuck.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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04-14-2015, 01:17 AM
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Ah, sorry, no, IMAP to IMAp copy means server to server....
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That's as I feared then.
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Originally Posted by unSpawn
How about using virtualization? Or anyone in the vincinity having a windows machine you could temporarily (ab)use?
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Only on the job and there it is a strict no, no, no by our admins (I'm not one myself). I guess I'll have to do it the hard way by hand. Stupid in a time where the computers could do it automatically in a split second, isn't it  . Perhaps this is the reason why "readpst" never got integrated directly into kmail -- too much effort necessary to do it right.
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"No Thread Left Behind". Was coined by a LQ member way back then when cleaning up old threads and the Four Letter Acronym just stuck.
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A very nice sentiment. Thank you for helping.
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