Re: Email client recommendation?

unopened@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm looking to migrate my main working environment from Windows to
Linux (in this case Ubuntu, although I have dabbled with Debian) and I
am seeking recommendations for an email client (or a least a view of
the worst gotchas to avoid).

Good on ya!

I wish to migrate several gigabytes of email archive from Outlook (not
Outlook Express). It's currently spread across twenty or so .pst
files (each small enough to fit on a CD). Are there GNU/Linux
utilities for migrating - or even inexpensive commercial applications?

I would recommend you install Thunderbird on windows. The first time it runs it offers to import all you Outlook e-mails and when you've done that it's simple to transfer to Linux.

> If there's
a way of searching inside attachments, that would be good (legacy
Word, mostly, with some PDF, Powerpoint, Excel and Visio).

I'd try beagle, maybe?

I particularly like Outlook's find feature, that allows me to search
on any field, and to search the full text of emails, and anything that
is as good as or better than that functionality would be good.

Thunderbird's find feature does all that too.

.

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