[Dovecot] Converting Outlook .PST's

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Denis Cardon wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
>>
>>> [...]
>>> I know the users also have large OUT LOOK pst files 4.5GIGs and
>>> wondering if
>>> I could also intergrate that into IMAP?
>> It can be done, but it is a nightmare. For post-2003(?) Outlook
>> .PST's, the only sensible, non-commercial path I could find was
>> through Thunderbird's import. Uploading directly to the server (Even
>> if you ran a local server!) was horrendously, painstakingly slow, and
>> rendered the Outlook user's computer unusable for that time.
> It is possible to connect outlook directly to an imap server (if it was
> previously connected to an exchange, you first have to switch it
> pop/imap mode. I don't remember where you select that).

there's nothing to "switch". just create a new account, and then you are
given the option to select imap.


> Then you can
> create a imap connection in addition to the local folders and drag'n
> drop the mail folders to the new imap connexion. The major issue with
> this process is when you have a very large amount of folder...
> 

yes, as Benjamin said, this is horribly slow (even with a LAN imap
server) exceptionally for 4.5 Go files ! (I had one machine do that for
almost one day with a much smaller pst file.