Importing contacts from Eudora Light

[Kanga 85]

I want to set up four users on my computer all using Outlook 2002. We will
be transfering from Eudora Light where we each had our own Eudora.ini file
which defined the place mailboxes were stored, our own user names ,etc.
We want to share the same inbox in Eudora, but have our own contact list and
user name, and our own set of mailboxes.
In transferring nicknames (contacts) I have no trouble with my listing as my
nndbase.txt file is stored in the same folder as Eudora.exe. However, in
trying to import my wife's nicknames, stored in \Wife\Mail I fail as my
nicknames from \Eudora are again downloaded and Outlook seems to have no way
to find nicknames in other places. Is there something I am missing here?
Thanks,

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to set up four users on my computer all using Outlook 2002.
We will be transfering from Eudora Light where we each had our own
Eudora.ini file which defined the place mailboxes were stored, our
own user names ,etc.
We want to share the same inbox in Eudora, but have our own contact
list and user name, and our own set of mailboxes.

Outlook and Eudora, operating as POP clients, can certainly access the same
mailbox on the server. They cannot, however, access the same inbox on your
PC. Outlook keeps its data in a PST. Eudora, I believe, uses an mbox
format for messages.

In transferring nicknames (contacts) I have no trouble with my
listing as my nndbase.txt file is stored in the same folder as
Eudora.exe. However, in trying to import my wife's nicknames,
stored in \Wife\Mail I fail as my nicknames from \Eudora are again
downloaded and Outlook seems to have no way to find nicknames in
other places. Is there something I am missing here? Thanks,

If this were my problem to solve, I'd use Outlook Express as an
intermediary. In your Eudora installation, temporarily rename your Eudora
nickname file, then use OE to try and import the addresses
(FIle>Import>Other Address Book>Eudora Pro or Light Address Book). When you
attempt to import it and OE's import wizard can't find it, it will allow you
to browse for it. Browse for your wife's .txt file. That will import the
addresses into OE and then you can use Outlook to import them from OE.

 

[Kanga 85]

Thanks Brian. You have given me a couple of things to try.