Sharon and others interested in this topic...

I'm thinking more along the lines of converting emails from their
native, proprietary file format (say, for example, Outlook/Exchange
email messages) to a non-proprietary file format such as HTML, TIFF,
TEXT, or perhaps even PDF/A, for the sake of long-term preservation and
accessibility.

Perhaps conversion is the wrong term...In any case, I'm testing a tool
called ABC Amber Outlook converter, which converts Microsoft's PST (Mail
Data File format which email messages and email folder structure) to
HTML, XML, TEXT, TIFF, PDF, among others file formats.

David


-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Sharon Burnett
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 4:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Email Conversion Software


My general understanding of email conversion software is that you would
be converting from one format to another - like Lotus Notes to Outlook.

What would you be converting to? You can always do a save at to an .rtf
or to a text file. Sharon Burnett Seattle WA (where the sun has finally
come out - at least for today)

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