Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:00:35 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822 Exporting webmail into pst files Can it be done. If so How? Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:30:12 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81379 Not directly. Export in mbox and use a converter. IIRC, it legally requires a license from Microsoft to manipulate pst files, so this is not something we can ever handle. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:42:50 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81380 Got it, Can you point me in the direction of instructions on getting to the mbox feature and exporting the email to the local machine? Thanks Mike! > Not directly. Export in mbox and use a converter. IIRC, it legally > requires a license from Microsoft to manipulate pst files, so this is > not something we can ever handle. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:45:31 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81381 Dynamic view: right-click context menu on folder -> Export. This is becoming a support question and should instead be asked on the lists. This is a support question, not an enhancement request. Please use the mailing lists to ask for support. http://www.horde.org/mail/ contains a list of all available mailing lists. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:48:57 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81382 > Not directly. Export in mbox and use a converter. IIRC, it legally > requires a license from Microsoft to manipulate pst files, so this is > not something we can ever handle. FWIW, Microsoft Open Sourced the PST file format some time around 2010 or so, and even published some OSS tools to aid in manipulation. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:50:10 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81383 Yeah - I was actually looking into that for my own interest after replying to this ticket. But this is the licensing issue (a/k/a troubling aspect) of doing anything directly with pst files: Patents. Microsoft has patents that may cover your implementations of the technologies described in the Open Specifications. Neither this notice nor Microsoft's delivery of the documentation grants any licenses under those or any other Microsoft patents. However, a given Open Specification may be covered by Microsoft Open Specification Promise or the Community Promise. If you would prefer a written license, or if the technologies described in the Open Specifications are not covered by the Open Specifications Promise or Community Promise, as applicable, patent licenses are available by contacting iplg@microsoft.com. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:54:29 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81384 I was under the assumption that PST files are covered under MS's Open Specification Promise program. Perhaps I misunderstood, or do not understand the program fully? http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx#office-file-formats Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:17:02 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81385 Thanks Mike, You answered my question. > I was under the assumption that PST files are covered under MS's Open > Specification Promise program. Perhaps I misunderstood, or do not > understand the program fully? > > http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx#office-file-formats Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:30:49 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81386 > I was under the assumption that PST files are covered under MS's Open > Specification Promise program. Perhaps I misunderstood, or do not > understand the program fully? > > http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx#office-file-formats How "free" this license is depends on how you construe it. Granted, it's no different from how people construe, the GPL. The troubling aspect is that Microsoft up front claims this IP is covered by patents (whether valid or not), and Microsoft directly says that they can rescind this grant based on your actions. This is not an "irrevocable" grant of of authority on its face like, say, the BSD license is. In short: is it ok? Maybe. But there is much less of a track record than, say, the GPL. And quite honestly, there isn't a huge track record for the GPL either. It comes down to the risk any individual person/organization is willing to undertake. That's why Microsoft offers to option to just license the patents outright and eliminate this concern. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:41:05 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12822#t81387