To whom it may concern,
I recently decided to recreate my MS Windows 11, Office 365: Outlook mail provider on a New Ubuntu PC.
I used Advik to save the Outlook “.pst” file as a hierarchy of MBOX folders and sub-folders: using a USB stick, I copied these file to the hard disk on my Ubuntu PC.
Below, I have included a part of the initial hierarchy:
.
├── 5D
│ └── 5D.mbox
├── AA
│ └── AA.mbox
├── Amazon
│ ├── Amazon.mbox
│ └── Det
│ └── Det.mbox
├── AndroidDeveloperStudio
│ └── AndroidDeveloperStudio.mbox
├── Apple
│ ├── AppleDeveloperStore
│ │ └── AppleDeveloperStore.mbox
│ ├── Apple.mbox
│ ├── ApplePay
│ │ └── ApplePay.mbox
│ ├── AppleSupport
│ │ └── AppleSupport.mbox
│ └── Det
│ └── Det.mbox
├── Avast
│ ├── Avast.mbox
│ └── Det
│ └── Det.mbox
├── AVG
│ ├── AVG.mbox
│ └── Det
│ └── Det.mbox
├── Azureus
│ └── Azureus.mbox
├── BabbleGerman
│ └── Dets
│ └── Dets.mbox
I Installed Thunder bird on the Ubuntu PC , and set up a local folder named “EBuy”. Next, I installed the extension “ImportExportTools NG”: you will see from the screen capture below that one of the options is “All mbox files from directory (with sbd structure)”. I interpreted this to mean that I could point at the root directory of the the above tree and the Thunderbird software would perform a recursive directory walk, copying the messages to the appropriately name folders in the Thunderbird local folder, “EBuy”.
Sadly, I discovered that I needed to copy the MBOX files one at a time into the Ebuy structure.
It seems to mean that it would be a straightforward task to add this functionality to the extension software.
If present, this would enable existing MS Outlook users to transfer to Thunderbird much more easily, increasing the take-up of your product.
To whom it may concern, I recently decided to recreate my MS Windows 11, Office 365: Outlook mail provider on a New Ubuntu PC. I used Advik to save the Outlook “.pst” file as a hierarchy of MBOX folders and sub-folders: using a USB stick, I copied these file to the hard disk on my Ubuntu PC. Below, I have included a part of the initial hierarchy: . ├── 5D │ └── 5D.mbox ├── AA │ └── AA.mbox ├── Amazon │ ├── Amazon.mbox │ └── Det │ └── Det.mbox ├── AndroidDeveloperStudio │ └── AndroidDeveloperStudio.mbox ├── Apple │ ├── AppleDeveloperStore │ │ └── AppleDeveloperStore.mbox │ ├── Apple.mbox │ ├── ApplePay │ │ └── ApplePay.mbox │ ├── AppleSupport │ │ └── AppleSupport.mbox │ └── Det │ └── Det.mbox ├── Avast │ ├── Avast.mbox │ └── Det │ └── Det.mbox ├── AVG │ ├── AVG.mbox │ └── Det │ └── Det.mbox ├── Azureus │ └── Azureus.mbox ├── BabbleGerman │ └── Dets │ └── Dets.mbox
I Installed Thunder bird on the Ubuntu PC , and set up a local folder named “EBuy”. Next, I installed the extension “ImportExportTools NG”: you will see from the screen capture below that one of the options is “All mbox files from directory (with sbd structure)”. I interpreted this to mean that I could point at the root directory of the the above tree and the Thunderbird software would perform a recursive directory walk, copying the messages to the appropriately name folders in the Thunderbird local folder, “EBuy”.
Sadly, I discovered that I needed to copy the MBOX files one at a time into the Ebuy structure.
It seems to mean that it would be a straightforward task to add this functionality to the extension software. If present, this would enable existing MS Outlook users to transfer to Thunderbird much more easily, increasing the take-up of your product.