Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Moving messages from Thunderbird to Outlook Express and Outlook

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Even though Mozilla Thunderbird is a fantastic email client, there are people who (for one reason or another) need to switch back to Microsoft Outlook Express (OE) or Outlook. However, Thunderbird still doesn't have an "Export" feature which would export mail archives in a format understandable by OE or Outlook. IMAPSize can be of great help in this process and this page explains how to perform the migration.

Mozilla Thunderbird stores emails in the mbox format. Outlook Express stores email messages in propriatory *.dbx files but understands *.eml, which are plain text files. MS Outlook stores messages in *.pst files which are binary propriatory (Microsoft) files. Here are the steps you have to take:

1. Compact your Thunderbird folders (optional)

Thunderbird keeps messages in mbox files even after they have been deleted. If you don't want to include deleted messages in the conversion, you have to compact your folders in Thunderbird. Right click a folder and select "Compact This Folder". This will completely remove deleted messages from the folders mbox file.


2. Locate mbox files in Thunderbird

Thunderbird stores messages in the Profile Folder, in the Mail and (if you use IMAP) ImapMail folders. Each mail folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored as two files — one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file itself (in "mbox" format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf), which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file.


3. Convert mbox files to eml files

IMAPSize has a built-in mbox2eml tool that can seemlesly convert thousands and thousands of messages. Download, install and run IMAPSize (it's free) and invoke the mbox2eml option from the Tools menu. Select the mbox file you wish to convert (you might need to set the "Files of type" option to "All Files" in the file selection dialog, since Thunderbird mbox files don't have an extension) and select a location where generated eml files should be stored. Click "Convert" and IMAPSize will start converting the files.

All the attachments will also be converted and your original Thunderbird files will not be touched. Starting from version 0.2.0. you can convert multiple mbox files at once.


4. Import generated eml files into Outlook Express

Launch Outlook Express and select the local folder (or create a new one) into which you want to import your messages. Open Windows Explorer or your favourite file manager, locate the generated eml files, select them and drag and drop them into the OE application window. If Outlook Express is your email client of choice you don't have to perform the next step.


5. Export files from OE to Outlook

Assuming you have Outlook installed on your system, open Outlook Express and from the File menu select Export/Messages. Once exported, the messages will appear in Outlook - if they were in your inbox in OE, they'll be added to your Outlook inbox; if they were in a local subfolder in OE, a folder of the same name will be created under your Outlook inbox.


If you stumble upon any problems feel free to report them on the forum or email to imapsize at broobles dot com. If you are looking for a good text editor to inspect your mbox files, check out this list of best text editors.


Source : http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook.php

Monday, January 07, 2008

How to install the RealPlayer (Multimedia Player)

A little bit Linux info, I post all the information that I find useful for myself while being a newbie to Ubuntu ( LINUX ), so this is how to install realplayer on Ubuntu. Enjoy it ... Source mentioned at the end.

Download the Realplayer .bin file from http://www.real.com/linux Im
Installation Instructions - Ensure that the .bin file you downloaded is executable. You can make the .bin file executable by running the
"chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD-Linux.bin" ( file name can change during different versions plus always you can use TAB button to auto complete your commands. Like you just write R and then press TAB button and linux will complete it for you )

after running the command from a terminal window. - Run the .bin file by typing "./RealPlayer10GOLD-Linux.bin"


Enjoy Realplayer :-)

Source : http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-the-realplayer-multimedia-player

How to change grub boot order in Linux

First of all run this command in shell :

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and then you get a text file with such a text in it as followed :

Easily Set Default OS in a Windows Vista and XP Dual-boot Setup

If you are running a dual-boot setup with more than one Windows operating system, It's pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system with the GUI interface. Note that if you are using Windows Vista as one of the operating systems, you will need to make this change from Vista, not XP.

First, you'll need to right click on Computer and select Properties:

Next, click Advanced System Settings

Now click on the Settings button under Startup and Recovery

And just select the operating system you want to use:

Easy stuff.


PLAN B : bcedit command from command prompt

When you install Windows Vista as a dual-boot with your regular Windows XP partition, Vista is always set as the default OS. If you want to set XP as the default OS instead, there's a quick command you can run to change it back.

First you'll have to open an administrator command prompt. Type cmd into the search box, and then hit Ctrl+Shift + Enter to open it in administrator mode. You should be prompted for the UAC dialog.

Enter in the following command:

bcdedit /default {ntldr}

Example:

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /default {ntldr}
The operation completed successfully.

Now when you reboot, it will set XP as the default.



Source :
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-set-default-os-in-a-windows-vista-and-xp-dual-boot-setup/

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

How to configure authentication in MS vista ?

Don't you have authentication tab that you had in your windows XP in you MS Vista, then you should do some stuffs before configuring your internet ( with Ethernet authentication configuration ) specially in Campus ( for me UiO ) ...

  1. Open Start Menu and select Control Panel.
  2. In Control Panel click System and Maintenance.
  3. Now click Administrative tools.
  4. Now choose Services.
  5. In Services window locate Wired AutoConfig,
    activate it with mouse and click Properties on toolbar.
  6. In Wired AutoConfig Properties:
    set Startup type: Automatic.
    Click Start to start Wired AutoConfig service.
    Use OK button to close Wired AutoConfig Properties.
  7. Now locate Extensible Authentication Protocol service
    and make sure it is started and Startup type is set Automatic.

How to configure authentication service

  1. Open Start Menu and select Control Panel
  2. Select View network status and tasks.
  3. Now under [Tasks] Select Manage network connections.
  4. Now find Local Area Connection and make right mouse click on it.
    From popup menu select Properties.
  5. Select Authentication tab. NB! When you don't have this tab go back Starting Authentication service.

1. Check Enable IEEE 802.1X authentication.
2. Set authentication method to Protected EAP (PEAP).
3. Click on Settings button.

6. On Protected EAP properties.

1. Uncheck Validate server certificate
2. Uncheck Enable Fast Reconnect
3. Click Configure


Click Configure....

7. Uncheck Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any).
Click OK.

8. Click OK.

Authentication process

  1. After successful configuration You should see popup message on the right corner of screen:
    Additional information required to connect to the network. Click on it.
  2. On Enter Credentials window insert Your
    Campusnet username and password.
    NB! Leave the Logon domain blank.
    Click OK.
  3. After that restart Your Computer.

Thanks to the source : http://www.campusnet.ee/en/node/9