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| DATE | Dec 29, 2007 |
| TICKET | #335474 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | converting .dbx files from OE to Mac |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.5.X (Leopard) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | MacBook |
| PROC | |
| RAM | 2GB |
| DRIVE | 164 GBT |
| NAME | Steve |
| USERNAME | Desert Sven |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Some Troubleshooting |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> converting .dbx files from OE to Mac
Desert Sven - Dec 29, 2007 - 8:22 pm
My Gateway PC's hard drive decided to go belly-up. After many years of PC frustration, I finally came to my senses and bought a MacBook with OSX a couple of weeks ago. My ISP was able to recover some files from the PC hard drive, including old email. The old email files are .dbx files (whatever that is) and are on a CD. How can I convert these .dbx files so I can read and use them on my Mac?
vinko - Dec 29, 2007 - 10:45 pm
Dear Steve,
My name is Vinko and I will attempt to assist you.
Welcome to the Macintosh community.
There are several paid methods of doing what you like to accomplish. There are also free methods including the one from Microsoft, but these requires you to do something on your Windows machine, which you apparently do not have.
The one method that may help in your particular situation is to use an in between application like Thunderbird, which can import Outlook Express's proprietary format (.dbx). Then you can ask Apple Mail to import the mailboxes from Thunderbird by choosing File -> "Import Mailboxes..." menu item.
BTW: this may be a useful article from Apple that you may want to look at.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
-- Vinko
Thank you for using MacOSX.Com's free Mac support.
My name is Vinko and I will attempt to assist you.
Welcome to the Macintosh community.
There are several paid methods of doing what you like to accomplish. There are also free methods including the one from Microsoft, but these requires you to do something on your Windows machine, which you apparently do not have.
The one method that may help in your particular situation is to use an in between application like Thunderbird, which can import Outlook Express's proprietary format (.dbx). Then you can ask Apple Mail to import the mailboxes from Thunderbird by choosing File -> "Import Mailboxes..." menu item.
BTW: this may be a useful article from Apple that you may want to look at.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
-- Vinko
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