Transferring data from Outlook 2003 in Windows to Entourage in Mac

[HSW]

I'm returning to Mac format, yet most of my business data (contacts, email,
notes, calendar) is in Outlook 2003. The help site gives limited info on
transferring data from Outlook Express (which I don't use) to EntourageX.
Does anyone have a successful experience transferring data from Outlook 2003
to the latest version of Entourage and can you give me step by step
instructions using the options available for data export in Outlook 2003? I
would be very grateful for your assistance. Thanks.

 

[Mickey Stevens]

For contacts, calendar events, tasks, and notes, check out Paul Berkowitz's
"Export-Import Entourage" script package.
<http://www.scriptbuilders.net/>

For mail, see the following:
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/>

Alternatively, you can use an IMAP server to transfer mail. You can get a
free IMAP account at <http://www.bluebottle.com/>. Create folders matching
your local folder structure on the IMAP server. Drag-copy messages from
Outlook to similarly-named IMAP server folders. Go to Entourage and access
the the same IMAP account. Drag-copy messages from the server folders to
similarly-named local folders. If necessary, delete messages from server,
go back to the exporting program and repeat the process as often as
necessary until done.