More Email Migration Pains

It seems as though I have run up against a problem that most users migrating from PCs to Macs will face at some point: moving email archives can be a pain in the butt.

I have tried various approaches:

  • moving my PC Outlook 2K mail onto PC OE, and importing these PC OE files into Mac OE (No good),
  • moving my PC OE mail into PC Eudora and then from PC Eudora into Mac Eudora (No good),
  • creating an account on mac.com and moving my PC mail onto their IMAP server, then retrieving this mail from the Mac (Partially works, some mails complain about break formats),
  • various combinations of the above.

I am starting to get a bit frustrated. I have over six years of email archives, and whatever platform I stick to needs to give me unhindered access into this information.

I’d like to see this issue addressed by Apple in one of their “Switch” ads. I’m not holding my breath.

July 24, 2002 | Archived in Apple