On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:34 +0000, David Dorward wrote: > ms linux wrote: > > i'm sorry if this sounds obvious, but i realize that > > thunderbird for win has feature to import outlook > > express mails and addressbook. > > i'm curious how this feature not included in my > > thunderbird. > > I would expect it uses hooks into the Win32 API which, for obviously > reasons, isn't available under Linux. That is exactly how it's done. > > i'm still dualbooting with win on hda1 ( for gaming > > purpose only ) and will be very excited > > if my mails which previously downloaded by OE ( before > > i swith to deb ) can be exported. > > Install Thunderbird/Win32, use it to import the mail, then transfer that > to your Linux install. This is the standard way. Since the Linux side can mount the Windows partitions, you can Import the files, as well as cp'ing the. > > is there a difference between mail format stored by > > thunderbird-win with thunderbird-deb ? > > Not as far as I know. They are both mbox format. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out." s. keeling
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