meeting this weekend?

[Robert Meyer]

Yes, it's OK to bring the box.  Remember, the meeting is on the second floor at
100 S. Elmwood Ave.  It's really close to Niagara Square.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Mark Robson <markrobson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Bob, and welcome back.  I'll see what I can
> make of these things, or maybe I'll just go to that
> refurb place mentioned lately and get a 100mb external
> zip drive.  Or finally install the CDRW backup system.
>  Why pour hours into a single-use software skill when
> a hardware solution may do just as well?  (I mean that
> I'm short of learning-curve time) I'll be at the
> Sunday meeting, and may bring the box if it still is
> okay to do that.  Very interested in your plans to
> demonstrate email clients, after stumbling into this
> *.pst puzzle.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> --- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > --- Mark Robson <markrobson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Bob, if you're back on, hope things went well
> > Friday.
> > 
> > Yep, I'm back.  And I can see!
> > 
> > > 
> > > I'm still working over the partition issues from
> > last
> > > week, and wonder if either Evolution or Mozilla
> > can
> > > import MS Outlook .pst files.  Looks like a way
> > can be
> > > done with Mozilla in Windows, first, then save as
> > > csv/txt, etc...  But I haven't yet gotten to where
> > I
> > > can re-install windows.  I have a 75mb file saved,
> > I
> > > even learned to 'roll' it (?) in Gnome.  Now it's
> > only
> > > 50mb.  But I need to get it over to another
> > machine to
> > > import it into wind-ohhhs.  I have this Linux box
> > and
> > > my kids' windows boxes on enet behind a router and
> > > adelphia cable modem.  Their win98 machines (and
> > the
> > > now-dead XP) did peer-to-peer successfully.
> > > 
> > > Okay, the questions:  
> > > - can I directly import *.pst into Evol or Moz. 
> > If
> > > not, is there another email client I can do this
> > in?
> > 
> > PST files are a bear.  I have successfully gotten
> > Addressbooks moved over but
> > so far, the only raional way to migrate the PST
> > files into anything else seems
> > to be:
> > 
> > 1) Connect to an IMAP server with outlook
> > 2) Copy all of your Email and folders to the IMAP
> > space.  This requires an IMAP
> > server that can handle folders and messages in the
> > same folder such as courier
> > IMAP.
> > 3) use the IMAP server as your storage place from
> > then on or go into Mozilla or
> > Evolution and suck the folders back down into local
> > space.  I personally like
> > keeping things in IMAP 'cuz then I can access them
> > from anywhere.
> > 
> > This is, of course, if you want to keep it in
> > Mozilla or Evolution.  If you
> > really want to move it to another machine and reload
> > it into outlook, then you
> > want to use the export/import functions.
> > 
> > > 
> > > - Is there a way short of learining Samba
> > (enduser,
> > > not admin, very intimidated) to move this file
> > over
> > > the wires?  I don't find anything about Linux and
> > p2p.
> > 
> > Well, you can do NFS and mount the filesystems or
> > you can use SSH/SFTP or FTP
> > to move stuff back and forth.  Depends on where
> > you're trying to get the file.
> > 
> > > 
> > > For a smaller file, I'd just email it to my yahoo
> > > account and switch machines.  At 75mb, too big.  I
> > > don't want to try to use an upload to the web
> > > somewhere, do I?  With the cable connection, I get
> > > fast enough up/download to consider that, too.
> > 
> > SFTP or ftp seem to be your best bet for one file.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
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