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Opening msg Outlook files in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Opening .msg Outlook files in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Works okay, attachments are messed up.

Use this viewer instead and attachments might work.

To install msgconvert, open a shell, then type:

sudo apt-get install libemail-outlook-message-perl

Then cd to the folder where you have the .msg file or files, then type:

msgconvert *.msg

If you need to delete your Outlook OST file because it is out of date, it's here:

C:\Users\mruckman\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Necessary when we upgraded our anti-virus, the old Symantec plug-in was still throwing errors in Outlook.