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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Mail archives
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 22:13:06 +0200
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On 2024-10-12 14:06, Don Y wrote:
> Lawyer asked me to dig up some email correspondence from
> ~20 years back.  Of course, any MUA under windows -- in
> that era -- likely stored mail in a proprietary format.
> 
> In my case, OE used dbx files which are tedious, at best,
> to parse with a hex editor.  :<
> 
> <http://www.mitec.cz/mailview.html> seems to do the trick
> (though the UI is a bit cumbersome).
> 
> I'll have to poke around their site to see if there are other
> useful "goodies"...

The best way to export/import mail from/to different mail clients, is:

   - the source mails need to be on a MUA that supports IMAP.
   - copy the mail to a folder on any IMAP server available (it can be 
local to you, not internet).
   - on destination machine, copy the mail from the imap server to 
wherever you want it.

No need for translation or special import/export functions. Caveat: both 
originator and destinator softwares need to support IMAP, and you need 
an intermediate IMAP server.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.