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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What app reads/converts Exchange .PST files?
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:08:34
Message-Id: AANLkTinFznGMczVa85KGwH+HjpO7X5+vz_vxYtrhVt59@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What app reads/converts Exchange .PST files? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Apparently, though unproven, at 09:59 on Tuesday 23 November 2010, Walter Dnes
3 > did opine thusly:
4 >
5 >>   I'll be needing to convert a .PST file next week.  I'd much rather
6 >> prefer a quickie conversion rather than installing evolution...
7 >>
8 >> emerge -pv evolution
9 >> [...delete honking big list...]
10 >> Total: 41 packages (39 new, 2 in new slots), Size of downloads: 86,677 kB
11 >>
12 >>   Is there a way to convert to another format from Exchange, or import a
13 >> PST into maildir or mbox format?
14 >
15 >
16 > How bout this?
17 >
18 > * net-mail/libpst
19 >     Available versions:  0.5.2 (~)0.6.37 (~)0.6.38 (~)0.6.41 {debug dii
20 > python}
21 >     Homepage:            http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
22 >     Description:         Tools and library for reading Outlook files (.pst
23 > format)
24
25 The program "readpst" from that very package should do exactly what he
26 wants (convert pst to mbox).
27
28 (Thunderbird can do it, too, in case Walter already has it installed)