Import email fromWindows OutlookExpressto Ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Rashkae wrote:

> RS wrote:
>> Hi Listers,
>> 
>> I have just installed Ubuntu on Hard Drive-D.  MS Windows and much email
>> are on Hard Drive-C.  Is it possible to import that email into Ubuntu?  I
>> am a nubie so, be specific.
> 
> The easiest way is to install Thunderbird on Windows, and import your
> e-mail from Outlook Express into Thunderbird.
> 
> Then boot into linux, use the file manager to open your Windows drive
> and find Thunderbird's e-mail files. They will be in Documents and
> Settings/[user]/Application Data/Thunderbird/profiles/[some random
> gibberish]/mail/Local Folders/
> 
> Copy those files, 

Or just use them where they are - I used to have T-bird installed on both a
Windows & Ubuntu partition, and shared the files.

-- 
derek