How can I export an Outlook 2003 .pst file to ThunderBird 2

[harsha]

In my Office PC I had Office Outlook 2003 installed hence I used it as email apps.. I stored all emails under a .pst file format of Default Outlook 2003...

Now I am getting a New Laptop from office So I want to transfer the .pst file to thunderbird...

I have copied the (total folder, had 3 files, one .pst, .obi, .dat each ) .pst file from Office PC (I dont have access to it any more) to my laptop... its Around 58 MB...

My cant afford Office 2003 or 2007, so no option for me to restore that under a Office Outlook, I would like to use Thunderbird...

Please tell me how can I restore that .pst to my thunderbird... I am running Windows XP :)

[src2206]

As you are running XP you have Outlook Express installed by default. So first import the .pst file to OE, then choose Import> Mail from Tools Menu in Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 and choose Outlook Express from the list. This will import all your messages from OE.

[harsha]

No Outlook is unable to Restore... it cant read from .pst ... !!!! :(

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[src2206]

Thats bad news. .pst is a propietory format and it is quite troublesome to import that format to any other email client save OE.

Do another thing:
Open the .pst file in your office pc using MS Outlook and then export that to .csv (comma separated value) file format. This can be easily imported by either OE or TB.

There are paid softwares available for reading .pst file like : http://www.mailnavigator.com/reading_ms_outlook_pst_files.html
but I never used those so it would not be just to comment on that path. :)

Hope this helps you.