Comments on: Migrating mail archives from Microsoft Outlook to Apple Mail

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:33 +0000

Here i found complete method with screenshots
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/08/how-to-transfer-emails-from-outlook-to-apple-mail/

By: vikas

vikas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:13:08 +0000

I have about 15-16 gb of emails stacked into 4-5 pst files which again have many folders in them.

I get an error when i import the mails in thunderbird.

How big should the size of each folder be max

By: Stepan

Stepan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:33:52 +0000

Good tip, I would just like to add that you will need to change file options in XP to show hidden files/folders as Thunderbird folders are hidden by default. Good and simple way to expert to Mail!
Thanks for sharing….

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Free apple tablet — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:33:54 +0000

just seen this on twitter cheers for the info.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:06:27 +0000

During the Thunderbird installation you will want to confirm the request to import Outlook settings. This will “convert” your Outlook data into Thunderbird data. This information is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\[PROFILE]\Mail\.. and needs to be copied (take a USB stick of appropriate size if you have) to your Mac. On your Mac start Mail and from the menu on the top select File… Import Mailboxes… This feature will allow you to select the files that Thunderbird produced for you and they will become Mac Mail data. Hope this helps.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:16:43 +0000

Hi There,
Could you make the explanation on transferring the mail a little easier to understand. I have downloaded thunderbird and allowed the import to happen but I am unsure of what to do next.? Do I start my MAC and then what? How do I importmy email from thunderbird to MAC mail?
Thanks Adrian

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:57:02 +0000

Great tip, I transferred several years os e-mail correspondence in 10 minutes tops!
Thanks

By: Jeremy Southworth

Jeremy Southworth — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:26:21 +0000

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By: sebastian

sebastian — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:36:18 +0000

Thanks Ken. This is about my understanding. Best case I do nothing with my emails from the past. Worst case I have a very affordable and good enough solution to find info from the past that could become relevant one day (has already very often). When is sysadmin day again? ;)

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:42:25 +0000

Addressed to Dru,

Having had email since 1991, I probably have more email than 13,500. I toss everything that isn’t valuable but mail folders are the most efficient way for me to file all this information. With Apple’s mail the method got even better, being able to search it all quickly makes all that data more useful. I’m sure I could delete 10% of my emails, but reading 20,000 emails to try to save a few kb is not my idea of a great Saturday.

As a friendly poke, I’d guess you are a system admin since they seem to have a low regard for users data.

The system admin at our work is suggesting to print all the emails then delete them from our mail programs. Sure, because storing and searching thousands of pounds of paper is better than buying a couple of harddrives. His next suggestion is to print them to PDF and store them in a folder structure. Why I ask? It won’t save space, and is poorly indexed on our windows server making searching near useless.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:11:09 +0000

Thanks a lot for the tip. I will try to do everything today!