READPST(1)
NAME
readpst - convert PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) files to mbox format
SYNOPSIS
readpst [options] files...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the readpst command.
readpst is a program that can read an Outlook PST (Personal Folders)
file and convert it into an mbox file, a format suitable for KMail, a
recursive mbox structure, or seperate emails.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
- -b Do not save the attachments for the RTF format of the email
- body.
- -c[lv] Set the Contact output mode. Use -cv for vcard format or -cl for
- an email list.
- -d Specify name of debug log file. Defaults to "readpst.log". The
- log file isn't an ascii file, it is a binary file readable by readpstlog.
- -h Show summary of options and exit.
- -k Changes the output format to KMail.
- -o Specifies the output directory. The directory must already
- exist, and is entered after the PST file is opened, but before any processing of files commences.
- -q Changes to silent mode. No feedback is printed to the screen,
- except for error messages.
- -r Changes the output format to Recursive. This will create folders
- as named in the PST file, and will put all emails in a file called "mbox" inside each folder. These files are then compatible with all mbox-compatible email clients.
- -S Output messages into seperate files. This will create folders as
- named in the PST file, and will put each email in its own file. These files will be numbered from 000000000 increasing in intervals of 1 (ie 000000000, 000000001, 0000000002). Any attachments are saved alongside each email as 000000000-attach0, or with the name of the attachment if one is present.
- -V Show version of program and exit.
- -w Overwrite any previous output files. Beware: When used with the
- -S switch, this will remove all files from the target folder before writing. This is to keep the count of emails and attachments correct.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Dave Smith <dave.s@earthcorp.com>, and
updated by Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).