[chandler-users] Outlook Import

[Brian Kirsch]

Hi Amer,
This is Brian Kirsch Mail Service Engineer for Chandler.
Yes, there is a very easy way to bring email you receive in
Outlook to Chandler.

All you need is an IMAP server account. FYI, Microsoft Exchange
Server supports the IMAP protocol.

In Chandler, go to the File menu and select "Accounts ...".
Enter the information for your IMAP server in the Incoming
mail text fields then click the Configure Chandler folders button.

This will create three folders on your IMAP server, Chandler Mail,
Chandler Tasks, and Chandler Events.

 From  your Email client (Outlook) you will now see these folders in  
your
IMAP server account. Depending on your mail client, It may take several
minutes for the folders to appear.

So what doe these folders do?

Chandler Mail - Add messages to this folder to add them to your Mail  
Dashboard.
Chandler Tasks - Add messages to this folder to add them to your  
Tasks Dashboard.
Chandler Events - Add messages to this folder to add them to your  
Event Dashboard.


The basic concept is from your mail client you either copy or move a  
message to
one of these folders. Then in Chandler you hit the Sync button.  
Chandler will download
all messages in these folders and stamp the items appropriately.

We are in the process of preparing extensive user documentation for  
our Preview
release that will cover the steps I mentioned above.

If you have any additional questions or issues regarding
this feature please do let me know on the chandler- 
users at osafoundation.org
list.

 > Also is there a better way to delete categories?

I am not clear what you are referring to. Can you
please provide more detail. Are you talking about
Outlook or Chandler?

Thanks,
Brian


Brian Kirsch
Internationalization Architect / Mail Service Engineer
Open Source Applications Foundation
543 Howard Street 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.osafoundation.org



On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Amer Child wrote:

> Jeff,
> 	Thanks for the heads up.  So if you can answer these couple of user
> questions for it would be helpful.  I really like the feel and  
> everything
> but is there a way to drag an email to chandler for tracking  
> purposes (i.e.
> from outlook?)  Also is there a better way to delete categories?
>
> Thanks
> Amer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Harris [mailto:jeffrey at osafoundation.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:59 PM
> To: Amer Child
> Cc: chandler-users at osafoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [chandler-users] Outlook Import
>
> Hi Amer,
>
>> Is there a way to import your outlook folder data, rules, and data  
>> in to
>> Chandler?
>
> Thanks for your interest.  Unfortunately, Chandler isn't a full  
> featured
> email client yet.  Because Chandler can't replace most people's mail
> needs, it doesn't yet offer tools to help people move from Outlook to
> Chandler.
>
> Chandler will import standard iCalendar files for events and tasks,  
> and
> it can read IMAP folders, but it doesn't yet have mail rules like most
> modern mail clients, so those won't move over.
>
> I'm hoping that Chandler's pre-1.0 feature set will still prove useful
> as a complement to existing mail clients.
>
> We've heard from several people that are interested in moving from
> Outlook to Chandler, despite Chandler's current deficiencies, so we  
> know
> this is an important issue.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jeffrey
>
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