For mail: If Sylpheed uses mbox format mail boxes you should, in theory, just be able to: cat sylpheed-inbox >> ~/evolution/mail/Local/Inbox/mbox For saftey, I'd first create a new folder in Evolution, close evloution, then cat your old inbox to your new one. Other option would be to set up IMAP on your linux box, have evolution connect to the local imap server, subscribe to the old mailboses and move messages around. Contacts are trickier. Don't know what eveloution supports for inport, or what Sylpheed supports for exports. I personally keep all contact info in my palm pilot and sync my evolution address book with it. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | Wireless: 612.306.6055 http://www.ringworld.org "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" -- John Lennon