Max No of Contacts? Error when importing.

[TonyG]

I'm trying to import 8,000 records from Outlook Express 6 into the Contacts
folder of Outlook 2003 via CSV format, which seem like the only option that
will work with the 2003 version of Outlook.

The import crashes Outlook about 3/4 through the import and only 5,908
records successfully import. Is 5,908 the max the Contacts folder can handle,
or is there another way? Would Business Contact Manager hold more?

I also tried using Outlook 2007 with the CSV file and had the same results.
I did try the import option available in Outlook 2007 that allows you to
import directly from the OE6 file, but it looked like this process would take
all night and I didn't want to wait for it until I knew they would all go in.
Will this option work?

 

[Karl Timmermans]

"Import crashes Outlook" - error message that you encountered? 5908 is
certainly is not the limit to the number of contacts so more then likely
that it's related to the contents of contact #5909 that the import wizard
doesn't like especially if it's happening in 2 versions of Outlook which use
the same import/export wizard.

If you delete the contact record in the CSV file that immediately follows
the last successfully imported contact - does the problem persist?

Karl
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[Brian Tillman]

I'm trying to import 8,000 records from Outlook Express 6 into the
Contacts folder of Outlook 2003 via CSV format, which seem like the
only option that will work with the 2003 version of Outlook.

File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail and Addresses work better than
the method you've chosen.

The import crashes Outlook about 3/4 through the import and only 5,908
records successfully import. Is 5,908 the max the Contacts folder can
handle, or is there another way? Would Business Contact Manager hold
more?

An Outlook folder will hold 64,000 items. Use Outlook's built-in Outlook
Express importing.