Importing Outlook Express Message Folders...

[Ian R]

Hi

I'm a Pegasus newbie and have a few questions...

I want to migrate all my Outlook Express messages into Pegasus on a new
W7 64 bit system.

My current OE message store has just over 500 folders (dbx files) and
totals 2.67GB. The majority of dbx files are under 50Mb - a few are
approx 100MB and two are approx 250MB.

Can I import all the OE message folders as they are i.e maintain the
current folder hierarchy?

Any suggestions or recommendations on how to go about this would be
appreciated.

What is the default location for the Pegasus message store and is it
possible to change this? (On my XP system I moved the OE message store
folder into My Documents - which made it easier for my backup purposes).

I want to setup multiple email accounts - does each one require
switching between separate identities? If not, does each email account
have its own inbox?

Thanks for your time.

Ian

[Euler German]

Post by Ian R
Hi
I'm a Pegasus newbie and have a few questions...
I want to migrate all my Outlook Express messages into Pegasus on a new
W7 64 bit system.
My current OE message store has just over 500 folders (dbx files) and
totals 2.67GB. The majority of dbx files are under 50Mb - a few are
approx 100MB and two are approx 250MB.
Can I import all the OE message folders as they are i.e maintain the
current folder hierarchy?
Any suggestions or recommendations on how to go about this would be
appreciated.

http://www.ukrebs-software.de/english/dbxconv/dbxconv.html

Not sure if this software could help you but it's supposed to convert
DBX to MBX format. Pmail should have no problems to handle MBX files.

There's another program to convert addressbooks I can't remember
right now. You may find information on Pegasus website.

Post by Ian R
What is the default location for the Pegasus message store and is it
possible to change this? (On my XP system I moved the OE message store
folder into My Documents - which made it easier for my backup purposes).

Pegasus installs itself outside system folders, most likely at C:
\Pmail and mailboxes goes to C:\Pmail\Mail\Admin or C:\Pmail\Mail
\UserName. You can read more about at Han's webpage.
http://www.vandenbogaerde.net/han_lkfr.htm

Post by Ian R
I want to setup multiple email accounts - does each one require
switching between separate identities? If not, does each email account
have its own inbox?

No. One identity can handle several eMail accounts. Please read
documentation to see the actual difference between Identities and
Users.

Post by Ian R
Thanks for your time.

YW

[Nil]

Post by Euler German
http://www.ukrebs-software.de/english/dbxconv/dbxconv.html
Not sure if this software could help you but it's supposed to
convert DBX to MBX format. Pmail should have no problems to handle
MBX files.

I wouldn't necessarily assume that. Apparently there are some
variations in the mbox format, and Pegasus doesn't handle all of them
gracefully. Several years ago I tried to move a unix mail archive in
mbox format to Pegasus, and the mails didn't split at the correct
points and the messages were garbled. Chances are that things will work
out, but you might be unlucky.

Post by Euler German
There's another program to convert addressbooks I can't remember
right now. You may find information on Pegasus website.

I remember something about that, too. Maybe I can find some reference
to that in my old WINPM mail list archives.

[Euler German]

Post by Nil

Post by Euler German
http://www.ukrebs-software.de/english/dbxconv/dbxconv.html
Not sure if this software could help you but it's supposed to
convert DBX to MBX format. Pmail should have no problems to handle
MBX files.

I wouldn't necessarily assume that. Apparently there are some
variations in the mbox format, and Pegasus doesn't handle all of them
gracefully. Several years ago I tried to move a unix mail archive in
mbox format to Pegasus, and the mails didn't split at the correct
points and the messages were garbled. Chances are that things will work
out, but you might be unlucky.

Line terminator could be the culprit. I really don't know as I never
had to convert anything to Pegasus Mail. I use it since Netscape
Navigator/Communicator give-up (couldn't use PGP) and never looked
back.

Post by Nil

Post by Euler German
There's another program to convert addressbooks I can't remember
right now. You may find information on Pegasus website.

I remember something about that, too. Maybe I can find some reference
to that in my old WINPM mail list archives.

Addresses can be converted using Boris Zakharin's Dawn. Used it once
in a friend's box and it does a great job.
http://mysite.verizon.net/zakharin/software/Dawn/

Back to the mail database I think one method would be using IMAP4.
I'll try to find a tutorial from Rob Croson.

[Nil]

Post by Euler German
Addresses can be converted using Boris Zakharin's Dawn. Used it
once in a friend's box and it does a great job.
http://mysite.verizon.net/zakharin/software/Dawn/

I've heard good things about that one.

Post by Euler German
Back to the mail database I think one method would be using IMAP4.
I'll try to find a tutorial from Rob Croson.

Another trick is to select and drag your messages out of Outlook
Express and drop them into a folder on your hard disk. Then rename them
to have a short unique name with a .CNM extension. Then move them into
your new mail directory. It's not the most convenient, maybe, but it
works.

If I had to do it, I'd use the IMAP method. Gmail does IMAP, and it's
free. I don't like the way Pegasus handles IMAP, but it works well
enough to do the transfer.