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1 .\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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2 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
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4 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
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5 .TH READPST 1 "February 24, 2004"
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6 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
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18 .SH NAME
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19 readpst \- convert PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) files to mbox format
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20 .SH SYNOPSIS
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21 .B readpst
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22 .RI [ options ] " files" ...
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23 .SH DESCRIPTION
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24 This manual page documents briefly the
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25 .B readpst
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26 command.
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27 .PP
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30 .\" respectively.
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31 \fBreadpst\fP is a program that can read an Outlook PST (Personal Folders) file
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32 and convert it into an mbox file, a format suitable for KMail, a recursive mbox
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33 structure, or seperate emails.
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34 .SH OPTIONS
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35 A summary of options is included below.
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36 .TP
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37 .B \-d
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38 Specify name of debug log file. Defaults to "readpst.log". The log
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39 file isn\'t an ascii file, it is a binary file readable by \fBreadpstlog\fP.
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40 .TP
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41 .B \-h
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42 Show summary of options.
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43 .TP
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44 .B \-k
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45 Changes the output format to KMail.
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46 .TP
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47 .B \-o
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48 Specifies the output directory. The directory must already exist, and
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49 is entered after the PST file is opened, but before any processing of
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50 files commences.
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51 .TP
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52 .B \-q
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53 Changes to silent mode. No feedback is printed to the screen, except
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54 for error messages.
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55 .TP
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56 .B \-r
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57 Changes the output format to Recursive. This will create folders as
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58 named in the PST file, and will put all emails in a file called "mbox"
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59 inside each folder. These files are then compatible with all
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60 mbox\-compatible email clients.
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61 .TP
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62 .B \-S
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63 Output messages into seperate files. This will create folders as
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64 named in the PST file, and will put each email in its own file. These
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65 files will be numbered from 000000000 increasing in intervals of 1 (ie
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66 000000000, 000000001, 0000000002). Any attachments are saved alongside
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67 each email as 000000000\-attach0, or with the name of the attachment if
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68 one is present.
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69 .TP
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70 .B \-V
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71 Show version of program.
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72 .TP
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73 .B \-w
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74 Overwrite any previous output files. \fBBeware\fP: When used with the \-S
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75 switch, this will remove all files from the target folder before
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76 writing. This is to keep the count of emails and attachments correct.
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77 .SH SEE ALSO
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78 .BR readpstlog (1)
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79 .SH AUTHOR
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80 This manual page was written by Dave Smith <dave.s@earthcorp.com>, and updated
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81 by Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
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82 used by others).