Hi all!
I am currently using mozilla 1.3.1 and want to be able to move my email
to other applications. I'd like to be able to move it to Netscape,
Eudora, and yes, Outlook. The reason for this is to show my new
department head why folks using different operating systems, say Linux,
should be allowed to use different operating systems as well as
different email applications. His only concern is "email compatibility".
Now, once upon a time, it was really easy to move the files between
Netscape and Eudora, for example. They both had simple files that
contained the information (e.g., Eudora used to use .toc of the index,
and .mbx for the actual email while Netscape use to use - well, I can't
remember, but is was a similar flat file arrangement).
So, I took a quick look at Eudora 5.1, and it looks like the familiar
old setup. Mozilla 1.3.1 looks like it is using a database of some sort
(.sdb?) and Netscape 7.1 looks, well, different from what I remember!
In the good old days, I could figure this out in a few minutes and would
have replicated my email across all of these apps! the last time I did
this was about 3 years ago as a demonstration of the very same point. Sigh!
So, I decided to see how the import capabilities look and, well, they
don't play well, as far as I can tell. Outlook and Eudora have no idea
about Mozilla, and it doesn't look like Netscape does either.
The point to all this is the following question:
I have a boss who is predisposed to setting up Linux for those in his
department who are interested (he might be as well). He wants to be
able to "import & export" between Outlook and whatever on whatever. Is
there a way to show him that he can have his cake and eat it too, either
by moving files, or by using more than one email application as an
intermediary (e.g., Mozilla -> Outlook Express -> Eudora)?
Steve
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Stephen C. Daukas - stephen@daukas.com - http://daukas.com/
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