Importig pst files

[Peter Eddy]

Thierry Sayegh wrote:

> In an attempt to finally get rid of my MS Box I was wondering if one of
> you managed to import/convert outlook pst files to Evolution or other.
> Any pointer would be appreciated

I was wondering the same thing, and found this via google:

> This is how I transfered about 3 years worth of mail and worked 100% for
> me. All other methods failed somhow.
> 
> Install Netscape onto your windows system.
> 
> Import the Outlook .pst data into Netscape
> 
> The data them is in mbox format which you can import into Evolution

Note that it seems to be important that you use Netscape and not 
Mozilla. I haven't tried this yet, and don't know what version of 
Netscape was used. Also, there may be a 2G limit on the .pst file as well.

Peter