Short of setting up a Linux box, is there a way to go through a Unix-style mail file and convert the contents to outlook .MSG files?

This would save me a lot of time. I doubt it exists though.

There is more than one format for Unix mail files. Do you know what kind it is or what made it?

RedHat Linux 7.3

probably Sendmail then.

Yes, sendmail.

In fact, sendmail doesn't write local mail files. If it's RedHat, then I'm guessing that procmail wrote it. I think they use that for their standard MDA.

And procmail uses Berkeley mbox files, unless I'm mistaken.

The only reference I see to doing this is to install Netscape 4 (specifically not Mozilla or Netscape > 4). Then copy the mbox file to Netscape's mail directory, where it will create its own index. Then Outlook is supposed to be able to import that.

If you'd like, you can just email it to me and I'll set you up a mail account and you can download them to outlook via POP3.

I can try that, but what should I name the file?

I took all the mail files from /var/mail/ and they're named the same as the username.

IIRC, the name of the file will be the name of the folder within Netscape. When you open it, it'll create an additional index file.

So you can name it anything you want.

Ah...so there are multiple users you want to do...if there aren't too many of them I can still do that.

EDIT: If the Netscape thing works out for you, nevermind. But the offer stands if you need it.

Ah...I was thinking he was talking about the files under /var/mail.

I'm sure he is. They're still not written directly by sendmail. They're written by the MDA specified in the Mlocal mailer specified in sendmail.cf, in modern m4 preprocessor generated sendmail.cf files.

It worked! Excellent!

Thanks a bunch.

NP

But don't blame me when Outlook explodes.

I'm sure he is. They're still not written directly by sendmail. They're written by the MDA specified in the Mlocal mailer specified in sendmail.cf, in modern m4 preprocessor generated sendmail.cf files.

Ah...so they are. I really should live by the old adage - "'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."