PC Outlook --> Mail
- Thread starter JonB
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getting stored mail out of outlook pps to another format is a pain in the arse, as i recently found out when migrating 20,000 archived messages from a winxp outlook 2003 setup to a macbook!
in the end i've gone with using thunderbird for mac rather than the osx built in mail program. nearly every method i found of converting did horrible things like remove email attachments, remove email sent/received dates, or simply created thousands of blank emails!
i found the only reliable way of doing this was to connect to an imap server on the outlook box (i had always used my blueyonder email as pop3 but they support imap too), and move over the messages from my outlook local file to a folder i created on the imap server (i did this about 1500 - 2000 messages at-a-time which took probably 10-15 mins each go), then connect to the imap server on the mac and download them all again on there before moving them to local storage. it was time consuming, but at least everything is intact and stored properly in a nice universal format!
if you can get access to a free imap server i'd recommend this method, everything else i tried had drawbacks!
in the end i've gone with using thunderbird for mac rather than the osx built in mail program. nearly every method i found of converting did horrible things like remove email attachments, remove email sent/received dates, or simply created thousands of blank emails!
i found the only reliable way of doing this was to connect to an imap server on the outlook box (i had always used my blueyonder email as pop3 but they support imap too), and move over the messages from my outlook local file to a folder i created on the imap server (i did this about 1500 - 2000 messages at-a-time which took probably 10-15 mins each go), then connect to the imap server on the mac and download them all again on there before moving them to local storage. it was time consuming, but at least everything is intact and stored properly in a nice universal format!
if you can get access to a free imap server i'd recommend this method, everything else i tried had drawbacks!
I've not tried it, but can't you export to PST, open that in a trial copy of Entourage then import from that to Mail?
I'm currently in the pickle that I upgraded my main PC to Vista before deciding to move lock stock to OSX. Vista mail has altered my standard Outlook Express mail files to individual mails that Mail won't import
I'm currently in the pickle that I upgraded my main PC to Vista before deciding to move lock stock to OSX. Vista mail has altered my standard Outlook Express mail files to individual mails that Mail won't import
Hi,
After much pain and frustration (mail not being able to send through my mail server!?) I got it sorted. I tried pretty much every route, but the one that worked was the IMAP route. Worked pretty well actually. I'm amazed that MS haven't put .pst support into entorauge or .mbox support into outlook!
Thanks for all your help!
Jb
After much pain and frustration (mail not being able to send through my mail server!?) I got it sorted. I tried pretty much every route, but the one that worked was the IMAP route. Worked pretty well actually. I'm amazed that MS haven't put .pst support into entorauge or .mbox support into outlook!
Thanks for all your help!
Jb