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I had an Exchange 2000 server that crashed, I recovered the PST mailboxes from the .edb database.

Now I'll move to a linux webhosting with imap support. I've to import the PST contents in the respective new mailboxes on the new server.

I've already tried several ways:

1- OUTLOOK IMPORT: Importing using import/export wizard fails because it complains about destination folder containing different "type of objects" (Note: translation from italian message) than the source one

2- OUTLOOK MOVING FOLDERS: tried to attach PST to outlook and move folders of mailbox in the IMAP mailbox also connected to outlook... but same way: impossible to move folders: I have to create every single folder and move the mails into (but is a big PITA for 16 Gb of mailboxes)

3- Using Linux converted PST to MBOX using "readpst" on ubuntu, then tried to import using ImportExportTools from Thunderbird extensions, but again no luck, I can just put this in local storage but not import these folders directly in IMAP account.

anybody can help me?

thanks

penzoiders
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readpst can convert PST files to mbox format

jamespo
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If you are able to successfully convert your PST files into MBOX format, then there are a variety of tools you can use to import those messages into an IMAP server, including:

Both may already be packaged for your distribution.

larsks
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  • Tried this but readpst splits every PST mail subfolder in a different mbox file, so I'll have to restore manually (or script something) the folder structure on the imap server.. a bit too long. thanks by the way. I'll use imapsync to sync the mails from the temporary server to the definitive one. – penzoiders May 25 '12 at 07:38
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You can try Mailstore. It's possible to archive and export mailboxes of variant sources. The 30 Day trial is a full version. I'd use it for moving E-Mails from a Linux Mail Server to Microsoft Exchange.

Archiving of Emails From Different Sources

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, and 2010 (incl. SBS)
  • Hosted Exchange
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • MDaemon Messaging Server
  • IceWarp Mail Server
  • Kerio Connect
  • Any IMAP- or POP3-compatible email server or mailbox
  • Email clients such as Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird
  • PST and other email file formats
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  • This software is the best-fitting solution to my problem. thanks a lot.Anyway I had to use readpst to convert quickly all the Contacts in vCard format to import in Thunderbird clients. – penzoiders May 25 '12 at 07:39
  • I have to say there's a problem with this software in doing it right... many subjects and dates are invalid once imported into IMAP folders... I'm trying other ways – penzoiders May 25 '12 at 14:18
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Here you can find some recent tools that can be used for same:

So, pipeline will look something like that:

*.pst -> readpst -> *.box -> imap_upload.py -> IMAP server

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