How to import .pst files in to Evolution

If you want to import .pst file in to evolution you have to use readpst.readpst  is  a  program that can read an Outlook PST (Personal Folders) file and convert it into an mbox file, a format suitable for  KMail, a recursive mbox structure, or separate emails.

Install readpst in ubuntu

Open the terminal and run the following command

sudo apt-get install readpst

Sample command (assuming that you have a dual-core processor, you can run this task in parallel using the -j switch):

mkdir ~/Evolution

readpst -D -j 2 -o ~/Evolution -q -r ~/outlook.pst

You will need to change the paths to where you want to save the files and where you have saved your original .pst file.

After this, start Evolution and use the import feature to import these .mbox files, one-by-one.