e-mails from private folders from Outlook

[PeterHald]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Email Client: pop

I am wondering if anybody has a solution?
I am moving to Entourage 2008 from outlook 2003. I already exportet the e-mails in the privat folders into Outlook express but how do I export to Entourage? I can't see that I can export to mbox files?

Thanks
Peter

 

[Sam Brown]

Diane Ross, an MVP in this group has a blog with some hacks on how to do
contacts. I don't remember if she had found a way to do emails.

Bottom line. It's not supported.

One idea I've thought of, but would require access to exchange.
Theoretically you should be able to import a PST file on an exchange server
mailbox, then sync with Entourage, export as an entourage database, setup
your POP or IMAP account, then import the entourage database.

Surely there are some hacks like this to get around this.

I also tried emailing myself vcf cards from my address book in outlook 2003
on a PC, thinking I could save them into my Entourage, but the attachment
comes through as a winmail.dat file. Strangely enough I can mail myself
other attachments, like jpgs and docs, and they come through just fine.

This is just too bad to be real. AM I on candid camera?

 

[Diane Ross]

I can't see that I can export to mbox files?

File Import --> Select Contacts or messages from a text file --> Messages
from an MBOX file.

Or

Drag in MBOX file.

See movie:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/video/mbox/index.html>

 

[Mickey Stevens]

There is no easy way to move mail from Outlook to Entourage. It's easiest
if you have access to an Exchange account, in which case you can just upload
your personal folders to your Exchange account temporarily, connect to your
Exchange account from Entourage, and copy the messages to the local ("On My
Computer") folders in Entourage.

Otherwise, here are some other options:

This page has a pretty clear tutorial for moving mail from Outlook to
Entourage.
<http://www.riches.com.au/articles/export-outlook-entourage.htm>

Outlook2Mac advertises that it can automate the same procedure. However,
some users have noted that contacts, calendar events, and tasks don't always
transfer properly.
<http://www.littlemachines.com/>

You might also want to check this page for more help:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html>

 

[Diane Ross]

Did you follow the options on this page?

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/import_export/pst.html>

Your .pst files need to be converted into .mbox files so Entourage can
import. One of the most popular ways is to use the Dave Riches tutorial.
<http://www.riches.com.au/articles/export-outlook-entourage.htm>. Paul
Berkowitz's Export Import scripts are also excellent. $20 shareware, but ou
can use them after you install Entourage for exporting to a new Identity and
backup files.