AYAM ROCKER: Re: [ubuntulinux] Minimizing Windows Use

Export them to a memory pen and import them to Thunderbird on Ubuntu.

There is an import/export option in Address Book/Tools menu.

On 16/03/11 14:02, Mike Myers wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Recently, I have become a big fan of Ubuntu. I now have several versions
> installed on a few different PCs and have installed 10.04LTS (64-bit) in
> dual boot mode on my newest notebook, which came with Windows 7.
>
> I subsequently installed VirtualBox on the Ubuntu side and installed a
> Windows Vista Ultimate system in that virtualbox. If it weren't for the
> fact that I regularly use some Windows-only applications (Quicken,
> Quickbooks, Delorme Street Atlas USA and Finale PrintMusic), Windowas
> would be completely gone. I now have these applications running in the
> VirtualBox Windows Vista Ultimate system.
>
> Now, I am looking to get my mail server running in Ubuntu so I don'r
> have to be dependent on Windows (except for my VirtualBox version) for
> anything except the aforementioned Windows applications.
>
> So, although the PC is dual bootable, the plan is to only boot Windows
> when I can't get whatever I need from Ubuntu or the VirtualBox version
> of Windows.
>
> Right now I am still booting back into Windows to get to my saved emails
> and now I would like to access them in Ubuntu. I have been using
> Thunderbird in Windows and have created several folders in which I have
> filed "keepable" emails. So, not only would I like to get my address
> book over to Thunderbird in Ubuntu, I would also like to keep the same
> email folders in Ubuntu.
>
> Anybody know of a good description of how I go about doing this? Or do
> any of you have a good set of instructions?
>
> Mike Myers
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