Comment 44 for bug 349312

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote : Re: [Bug 349312] Re: Evolution 2.26 does not support import of outlook .pst

Joseph, use this ppa it has evolution 2.30.3 which I think support .pst
https://launchpad.net/~jacob/+archive/evo230

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Joseph Chereshnovsky <email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi, guys.
>
> Its almost the end of 2010 year and Microsoft opened PST format
> specifications couple months ago, but my Evolution is still not able to
> import outlook data files.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and I don't have and option to import PST files in
> my Evolution import dialog.
> What is wrong with my Evolution?
>
> Was this fix really released?
>
> --
> Evolution 2.26 does not support import of outlook .pst
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349312
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> evolution in ubuntu.
>
> Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “evolution” package in Fedora: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: evolution
>
> According to the gnome 2.26 release notes Evolution 2.26 included in Jaunty
> supports import of Outlook .pst-files. Anyway, I cannot find a way to import
> .pst-files in Evolution in Jaunty Jackalope. According to the Gnome roadmap
> 'libpst' is needed: "PST plugin support [if libpst is available] ". I cannot
> find this library in the repository.
>
> I think this is a very important and long-awaited feature, since the
> migration from Outlook to Evolution is quiet complicated right now. This
> should be included in Jaunty and installed by default.
>
> Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
> Release: 9.04
>
> evolution:
> Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: evolution 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: evolution
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>
>
>