Import Email From Outlook to Apple Mail.app Using Thunderbird – How-To Geek

Import Email From Outlook to Apple Mail.app Using Thunderbird – How-To Geek:

“One issue to consider when switching from Windows to OS X is email, as Windows users are often rooted in Outlook. Today, we show how to move from Outlook to Apple’s Mail.app using Mozilla’s Thunderbird as a bridge to cross the gap.”

It’s a really annoying process, but unless you are using GMail or have a disposable IMAP account, this really is the only way to salvage 10 years worth of crappy emails. The instructions on the site are very good but I sometimes wonder if it would simply be easier to declare email bankruptcy and then start off fresh with a good Inbox Zero or GTD technique so your entire life is not locked away in someone else’s proprietary email cache.

(Via Lifehacker.)