NAME
readpst - convert PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) files to mbox and
other formats
SYNOPSIS
readpst [-D] [-M] [-S] [-V] [-b] [-c format] [-d debug-file] [-h]
[-j jobs] [-k] [-o output-directory] [-q] [-r] [-w] pstfile
DESCRIPTION
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 separate emails.
OPTIONS
-D Include deleted items in the output.
-M Output messages in MH format as separate files. This will create
folders as named in the PST file, and will put each email
together with any attachments into its own file. These files
will be numbered from 1 to n with no leading zeros.
-S Output messages into separate 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 1 increasing in intervals of 1
(ie 1, 2, 3, ...). Any attachments are saved alongside each
email as XXXXXXXXX-attach1, XXXXXXXXX-attach2 and so on, or with
the name of the attachment if one is present.
-V Show program version and exit.
-b Do not save the attachments for the RTF format of the email
body.
-c format
Set the Contact output mode. Use -cv for vcard format or -cl for
an email list.
-d debug-file
Specify name of debug log file. The log file is now an ascii
file, instead of the binary file used in previous versions.
-h Show summary of options and exit.
-j jobs
Specifies the maximum number of parallel jobs. Specify 0 to
suppress running parallel jobs.
-k Changes the output format to KMail.
-o output-directory
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.
-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.
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally 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). It was
subsequently updated by Brad Hards <bradh@frogmouth.net>, and converted
to xml format by Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 by David Smith <dave.s@earthcorp.com>. XML version
Copyright (C) 2008 by 510 Software Group <carl@five-ten-sg.com>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
later version.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, please write to the
Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
VERSION
0.6.41
2009-06-06