Decoding Entourage database

T

terencepua

I need help in decoding the Entourage database to convert it directly
to maildir format.

I don't want to use the Database Utility or run AppleScript from the E
menu.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
TP
 
B

Barry Wainwright

I need help in decoding the Entourage database to convert it directly
to maildir format.

I don't want to use the Database Utility or run AppleScript from the E
menu.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
TP
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No. Nobody can help you with that.

The database is a proprietary format which has not been published, and
contains a large number of different data types (apart from mail, events,
tasks and contacts you have to consider newsgroups, categories, links,
indexes, schedules etc). Then, everything is in Unicode, not plain text...

The chance of anyone decoding the database structure without a huge amount
of help from MS is remote to say the least.

Entourage can generate a MBOX file very easily (either manually or, if you
can get over your aversion to applescript, automatically). Then, look here
for a MBOX to MailDir conversion utility written in Perl:

<http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/>
 
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