import outlook.pst from outlook 2003 to winmail in vista

[Andres M. Hidalgo]

Any one have any doc's on how to import an outlook.pst file from 2003 into
winmail in vista?

Greately appreciated.

Andres

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Can't be done.
You'd have to export the Contacts to a format Windows Mail can import.
You'd have to have the PST connected to Outlook on the same partition so you
could import the messages.

 

[DL]

Outook has to be configured on the Vista PC first

 

[Nikki Peterson]

If you meant Windows Mail in Vista...

If you have Outlook Express, try using what (e-mail address removed)
wrote in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail suggested:

Windows Mail has problems importing directly from Outlook files.
You have two choices of what to do about it: 1. Install Outlook,
preferably version 2003 or later, under Vista. Version 2002 will
also run under Vista, but with a few problems. Windows Mail needs to
use part of Outlook to be able to understand .pst files. 2. Import the
messages from Outlook to Outlook Express on your old computer.
Then import them from Outlook Express to Windows Mail:

<http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/email/import-dbx-files-outlook-express-windows-mail-vista-86458.html>

<http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail>

Bring along the .wab file if you want your old contacts. After you
copy the files to a directory on the hard drive of your Vista computer,
but before you import them into Windows Mail, make sure the copies
are read-write instead of readonly.

Nikki Peterson