Bug 36752

Summary:	import outlook express mail folder
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Hrishikesh Mehendale <hrishikesh_mehendale>
Component:	kmailcvt	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	sco
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Hrishikesh Mehendale 2002-01-03 09:07:31 UTC

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Package:           kmail
Version:           1.3.1 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Vitamin
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.8-26mdk
OS/Compiler notes: 

Hi

I am switching over from Windows (2000 Professional) to Linux (Mandrake 8.1 defaults). I need to import all my Outlook Express 5 ( with I.E. 5.50 sp2 ) folders here. However all the EMPTY folders give an error when being imported. (this happens with EMPTY newsgroup folders as well). Folders containing AT LEAST one mail are imported correctly. 

It would be better to display a (detailed?) list of folders that were not imported for whatever reason.

Thanks
Hrishikesh

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Comment 1 Ludo 2002-12-25 21:50:42 UTC

Outlook Express 6 mails can't be imported. While in general it is said to be the
same format as OE 5, this is not true. I can't import OE6 mails, and I'd
*really* want to do this. Is this planned, or is it already possible and is it
just not working for me?

I'd appreciate it very, very much if the kmailcvt-developers could reply here
giving more information about this.

Thanks,

Ludootje
ludootje@linux.be

Comment 2 S C 2002-12-31 22:31:30 UTC

I successfully imported mails from outlook express 6.0 but i had to delete 
some received mails before that cause the import filter to crash. deleted 
mails were two from yahoo in html and 3 with receipt requets. all other 390 
received mails for 2002 were imported. hope this helps.

Comment 3 Ludo 2003-01-19 14:32:06 UTC

Well, it doesn't work... in my case it doesn't crash, it just says it's not a
valid .dbx-file.
I don't know how to fix this at all :/
There are mails in HTML though, I'm pretty sure of that. Did kmailcvt literally
crash for you or did it just not work? If I need to manually remove all HTML
mails that'll take quite some time, the file is over 3MB's...

Comment 4 S C 2003-01-19 22:41:06 UTC

Hi,
i know what you described about "not a valid dbx file" msg, it happens with 
empty OE folders, in this case i created another folder with only two files 
inbox.dbx and sent items.dbx and imported from using kmailcvt.
about the crash, i should describe it as a freeze on the messages i talked 
about later. just remove them, you'll see where the problem occur , ie in 
which msg the import stop and delete it or the msg which is just the next from 
your  windows and reboot to linux to try the import again.
hope

Comment 5 Laurence Anderson 2003-02-22 11:44:58 UTC

*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.