mbox file greyed out when trying to import from Entourage 2008

[macidiot]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

Created mbox file using O2M for Outlook 2008. When I tried to import the mbox files, they were greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008. Read the thread on similar problem but don't quite understand the method provided by Diane Ross in the thread. Someone pls help.

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Created mbox file using O2M for Outlook 2008. When I tried to import the
mbox files, they were greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.
Read the thread on similar problem but don't quite understand the method
provided by Diane Ross in the thread. Someone pls help.

Well I don't know what DIane recommended but you could try a couple fo
things:
1) Drag the mbox directly to Entourage
2) Download TextWrangler (free, barebones.com) and open the mbox in it
by dragging it to the TextWrangler icon. Change the line ending type to
MacOS (lower left corner of the Window) and now try again with
Entourage.

Corentin

 

[bergui45]

I too cannot import INBOX.mbox from Thunderbird to Entourage...
The file is greyed...
I've tried the tips such as direct drag'n drop onto Entourage or Textwrangler... No way!
The Apple Mail software is able to import the INBOX.mbox without a hitch an no hiccups at all!
Previously, with Entourage 2004 it was doable...
Bernard

 

[Diane Ross]

I too cannot import INBOX.mbox from Thunderbird to Entourage...
The file is greyed...
I've tried the tips such as direct drag'n drop onto Entourage or
Textwrangler... No way!
The Apple Mail software is able to import the INBOX.mbox without a hitch an no
hiccups at all!
Previously, with Entourage 2004 it was doable...
Bernard

If you export from Apple Mail as MBOX can you import those into Entourage?

 

[crescentbeachjoan]

I have imported from apple mail as mbox and cannot import into entourage. It is still greyed out. I have also tried drag and drop. I have also tried the fictional import function from the entourage setup and from entourage directly (eg: import from application, Mail). I am quite upset. This is incomprehensible to me, seeing how other quite small programs are able to manage this simple, essential function. What's up MS?

 

[Diane Ross]

I have imported from apple mail as mbox and cannot import into entourage. It
is still greyed out. I have also tried drag and drop. I have also tried the
fictional import function from the entourage setup and from entourage directly
(eg: import from application, Mail). I am quite upset. This is
incomprehensible to me, seeing how other quite small programs are able to
manage this simple, essential function. What's up MS?

It's not the application but something specific to your setup. Can you
create a small MBOX file with just a couple of messages and send it to me
off list for testing?

dianeross at mvps dot org <-- fix before replying.

Prefix your subject with: newsgroup response

 

[crescentbeachjoan]

I've done so ... thanks for your prompt response.

 

[Diane Ross]

I've done so ... thanks for your prompt response.

Look for my reply. The file you sent was not a MBOX file it was a text file.

 

[Patrick]

Could you provide the solution to the thread, as I'm having the same problem?

 

[Diane Ross]

Could you provide the solution to the thread, as I'm having the same problem?

The user had exported a text file instead of an MBOX file in Apple Mail.

In the Menu bar, use Mailbox --> Archive Mailbox instead. This creates an
MBOX file.

See these movies for dealing with MBOX and .rge files.

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

Hope this helps!

 

[Joao Gomes]

:

Could you provide the solution to the thread, as I'm having the same

problem?





The user had exported a text file instead of an MBOX file in Apple Mail.





In the Menu bar, use Mailbox --> Archive Mailbox instead. This creates
an MBOX file.





See these movies for dealing with MBOX and .rge files.








Hope this helps!





-- Diane








My problem is that i'm tring to import a .pst outlook file to entourage.
I've already tried lot of issues, but with success.

 

[Diane Ross]

My problem is that i'm tring to import a .pst outlook file to entourage.
I've already tried lot of issues, but with success.

Please don't think I'm being hard on you but when you insert your question
into another thread confusion starts up. Your question has nothing to do
with importing a MBOX file from Apple Mail. Anyone searching this newsgroup
for help wouldn't find anything for .pst files if we replied here plus
adding a separate subject would confuse anyone trying to make sense of the
MBOX issue.

The next time you have a question, please start your own thread. This makes
it easier to follow YOUR problem without getting replies mixed up with
various questions that are often similar but have different solutions.

In the mean time see if this link will help you.

Importing from Outlook for Windows based PST to Entourage

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/08/importing_from_outlook_for_win.html>

If you use a newsreader rather than the Mactopia interface to this newsgroup
you can download old messages and search for answers. If you are not
familiar with a newsreader, Entourage's basic newsreader already has the
Microsoft News server included. All you do is subscribe to the newsgroups
you want. See this page for help:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/subnews.html>

These are the active newsgroups:

microsoft.public.mac.office
microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
microsoft.public.mac.office.word
microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint

 

[Francis]

Hi
I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but these are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.
Thanks

 

[Francis]

Hi
I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but these are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.
Thanks

 

[Francis]

Hi
I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but these are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.
Thanks

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Hi
I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but
these are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.

Try to drag and drop them on the Entourage icon in the Dock,


Corentin

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Hi
I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but these are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.
Thanks

make sure they are named with an '.MBOX' file name extension

 

[Diane Ross]

I have used the archive function from Mail to create an .mbox file, but these
are greyed out in the Import wizard of Entourage 2008.

Let's make sure you using the correct selection.

File --> Import

Contacts or messages from a text file

Import messages from an mbox-format text file

What happens when you double click on the file? Does it have .mbox at the
end of the file name? Have you tested in a new Entourage Identity?

 

[ozarkcanoer]

Having the same problem with Entourage 2008. I won't import messages from Mac Mail and won't allow selecting a .MBOX file to File/Import. It does import the .MBOX file if you drag and drop the .MBOX file into Entourage. This is happening on OS X 10.5.5. The .MBOX files will import correctly into Mac Mail (they were produced on Windows XP from Outlook 2003 using O2M product. Seems it must be bug in File/Import feature.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

Having the same problem with Entourage 2008. I won't import messages
from Mac Mail and won't allow selecting a .MBOX file to File/Import.
It does import the .MBOX file if you drag and drop the .MBOX file
into Entourage. This is happening on OS X 10.5.5. The .MBOX files
will import correctly into Mac Mail (they were produced on Windows XP
from Outlook 2003 using O2M product. Seems it must be bug in
File/Import feature.

Please help avoid confusion.

If you have an answer or comment for the original poster then please
respond within his or her thread. Otherwise, if you're looking for a
solution to your own problem -- no matter how similar to someone else's
-- then begin your own thread. Similar problems may not have the same
solutions.

No, this isn't a bug. MBOX files cannot be imported into Entourage via
File --> Import. They can be imported via drag and drop.

The problem is that the person reporting he exported .mbox files is
equating them to Entourage archives, which are .rge files. They are not
the same.

If this doesn't answer your question then begin a new thread with
details of your own problem, include your software versions and what
you've tried already to fix the problem.

--

bill

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