readpst - convert PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) files to mbox format

readpst [options] files...

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.

A summary of options is included below.

-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.

-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.

-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.

readpstlog(1)

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).