Moving Mails from Windows Outlook Express to Thunderbird of Linux

Step # 1: Import mails from Outlook using Thunderbird in Windows.
* Download thunderbird for Windows XP from http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
* Install Thunderbird
* Start Mozilla Thunderbird
* Do not setup Thunderbird as your default email client.
* Since this is your first run, it will prompt you to import mail and other settings.
* At Import dialog box, select Mail > Next
* Select Outlook > Next
* Within few minutes it will migrate all emails from Outlook to Thunderbird. Click Finish and shutdown Thunderbird application.

Step # 2: Transfer Thunderbird mail to USB
First, you need to find out your profile folder under Thunderbird application (you can also use Windows Explore to find out Thunderbird profile folder):.
Click on Start > Run > Type the command “cmd”
And hit [Enter] key
Type the following commands to locate Profile folder:
C:> cd %APPDATA%\\Thunderbird
C:> cd Profiles
Now locate directory called "Local Folders". Again use CD command to go to Local Folders:
C:> cd "Local Folders"
Now Locate required directory and copy all files to USB pen or use network connection to copy files to your Linux home-directory (~/.mozilla-thunderbird)

Step #3: Import mail to Linux Thunderbird.
Copy all files from USB to mail directory of thunderbird, now you can open mail using Linux thunderbird client. You can find the mail directory in the server settings of particular mail account.