Moving PST of Scalix Email to Google Apps

[billb3]

Has anyone done this? I'm trying the Google Apps Migration Tool for Outlook, but it has lots of failures. I'm pretty sure it is related to the extra headers scalix has added to messages (http://www.scalix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40779). From some testing, it looks like I can do it manually via Outlook...but I don't really want to do that for 150 users...

[les]

From some testing, it looks like I can do it manually via Outlook...but I don't really want to do that for 150 users...

i must warn you....when i first did pst export from scalix to exchange and it all looked like it imported/exported fine. no errors. i found though, later, that i had missing mail randomly throughout multiple users folders. And then, to make matters worse, i tried to import again and even though i said don't import duplicates it created duplicates. End result was drag/drop via imap for folders (exchange account with imap scalix) and pst export/import only for calendar,contacts,notes. That took longer, but is 99.5% perfect.

you may find imapsync more compatible, but i still prefer the drag/drop method for accuracy in migration. Good luck.

[billb3]

I should have been clearer, I'm looking to migrate my mail that has been archived from Outlook to a PST file...to Google Apps.

I was hoping to use the "Google Apps Migration Tool for Outlook", but since emails to/from other scalix users have the sender/recipients as "First Last /email/cn=First Last" instead of an email address...Google's automated tool rejects it.

I found a tool called Aid4Mail, but it isn't cheap. The other downside is that it will move the mail, but Google shows the to/from as "undisclosed recipients" since it doesn't know how to use ""First Last /email/cn=First Last" (IMAP drag & drop does the same). The benefit is that it can automate copying everything, instead of dragging & dropping from PST -> IMAP.

I'll update this post if I find any better solution...

[eddieedwards]

@billb3: I referenced the tool I used to move my users to Google Apps from Scalix in this thread: http://www.scalix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14683&start=150#p94079

There are those that think discussing Scalix alternatives are inappropriate in this forum, but given the current state of Scalix, I have no problem with it. However, in respect to those that do, you can PM me for details about our migration.

Cheers!
Mike

[billb3]

Migrating from Scalix is easy, it is the PST files that were giving us trouble. We ended up using Aid4Mail.