Re: Newbie needs linux advice

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:56:01 +0000, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:18:37 +0000
Alang <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:19:48 +0000, Chris <ithinkiam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Alang wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:25:13 +0000, Andy Cap <Andy_Cap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A good news reader and a way to
export my mail archive from outlook is pretty much all that is
stopping me going over to my linux drive at home for good.

Exporting your outlook emails is relatively painless.

1. Install Thunderbird in Windows
2. Import Outlook E-mails
3. Locate profile data for Thunderbird in Windows and make note of path
or copy to removable medium
4. In Linux install Thunderbird if not already installed by default
5. copy over Windows profile data to $HOME/.thunderbird
6. Run thunderbird to verify archive
7. (optional) import emails from thunderbird to preferred mail client.

There are other more 'hacky' ways of doing this, but this is one method
I know that works.

Thanks.I'll try it.


Still need a news reader.
Tried again with Pan and installed Tbird too.
Tbird has problems with text size. My eyesight isn't too good. I can
set the body text in agent to a readable size. Can't do it in Tbird
because it sets quoted text at different sizes. Makes the message all
but unreadable without constantly altering text size.

Think I'll have to seriously work on why wine has suddenly stopped
woking with Agent

You might like to try Claws-Mail (used to be called Sylpheed-Claws)

It's a lightweight mail/news application that is very configurable.

http://www.claws-mail.org/

I'll have a look.
Tried it once. ISTR it had poor filtering. No harm in checking on any
changes.
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