If Evolution finds e-mail or address files from another application, it offers to import them. For a full description of the import feature, see Importing Single Files.Microsoft Outlook and versions of Outlook Express after version 4, use proprietary formats that Evolution cannot read or import. To import information, you might want to use the Export tool under Windows. See the instructions in Migrating Local Outlook Mail Folders.Before importing e-mail from Netscape, make sure you have selected File > Compact All Folders. If you don't, Evolution will import and undelete the messages in your Trash folders.Evolution uses standard file types for e-mail and calendar information, so you can copy those files from your ~/.evolution directory. The file formats used are mbox for e-mail and iCal for calendar information.Contacts files are stored in a database, but can be saved as a standard vCard. To export contact data, open your contacts tool and select the contacts you want to export (press Ctrl+A to select them all). Click File > Save as VCard.
