Re: [h-e-w] migrating Outlook Express to gnus

[Michael R. Wolf]

Wow!  More powerful answers than I expected.  See more comments below.

Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:

> > -- message migration
> 
> Configure the Exchange server to allow IMAP.  this will give you
> automated pull in gnus using the nnimap backend.

The word "server" makes me think that I might not have that on my
laptop where I'm running Outlook Express.  I may be wrong.  Should I
go looking, or did you make an enterprise suggestion?

> Alternatively POP3 can be used by both Outlook Express and Gnus, but
> you then lose co-existance.

That's what I've got now.  I made a cut.  All my old messages (and all
of Wendy's) are in Outlook Express; my new ones are coming to gnus.

> > -- address book migration
> 
> If it is a server based address book, enable LDAP on the server, and
> use eudc in Emacs (comes with Emacs as of 21.1). 


Again, "server" sounds like it may not be on a laptop.

> Otherwise use BBDB in Emacs (bbdb.sourceforge.net), but I am not
> sure if you can import from Outlook yet (there is an export filter
> for outlook format included BBDB 2.32 though).

I just took a cursory look at BBDB.  Does it come pre-compiled for
WinDOS?

> > -- ongoing co-existance (pipe dream)
> 
> Not a problem for messages if you use IMAP, or for addresses if you
> use LDAP, since in those cases everything is stored on the server.

Thanks!!!


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