[techtalk] converting netscape(win)mail to netscape(linux)mail

[Darren]

(Accidentally deleted the original message)

I don't know if this helps or is even related to the specific problem,
but:

When I switched from Eudora to Pine, I had to convert all of the files
from DOS text to Unix text -- the specific problem was something with the
carriage returns. Since Eudora stores messages in mbox format, everything
else went fine. Before converting them, Pine saw the mailboxes as just
one long message, sort of. The RPM I used was dos2unix, I think it's
available from freshmeat.


On Tue, 2 May 2000, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:

>My husband copied his folders directly from windows to linux using
>netscape and it worked out just fine. You should be able to copy the
>folders over into your netscape mail directory and read them just like
>netscape in windows.
>
>If you want to convert them, I'm not sure *what* to use. The mail client
>of choice (if it's not netscape) may provide something for converting
>(if you're lucky ;o)). My experience with non-gui mail readers in linux
>is that they store mail in text only formats while netscape is some
>weird binary crap.
>
>-nicole
>
>Gabriele Burkel wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> this is the first time for me to post to this list, hope its not OT.
>> I want to change my preferred operating system from win98 to Linux,
>> using SuSE 6.3.
>> 
>> The problem is that I have tons of emails with my Netscape 4.72 running
>> on Win98.
>> And I hate the thought of losing them all.
>> 
>> So is there a chance, maybe a smart tool for converting my mail folders
>> to fit netscape (or any other mail client) running on linux?
>> 
>> I tried simply to copy them, but without success.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any hints
>> Gabi
>
>
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