I recently bought a new computer with Vista and installed my Office 2003 with
Outlook. When I had all my e-mail messages and addresses transferred from my
old computer, where I used Outlook Express, it was loaded into Microsoft Mail
by the person who did the transfer. Microsoft Mail does not have a lot of
the features I liked on Outlook Express so I want to transfer all my messages
and addresses from Mail to Outlook. I went to Outlook and unfortunately it
does not list Microsoft Mail as one of the programs it can import into. Da,
Microsoft Mail was not around in 03. Can someone please advise me the step
by step process to transfer all my messages and address book from Microsoft
Mail to Outlook 03? Thank you very much.

"O-san" <O-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a new computer with Vista and installed my Office 2003
>with
> Outlook. When I had all my e-mail messages and addresses transferred from
> my
> old computer, where I used Outlook Express, it was loaded into Microsoft
> Mail
> by the person who did the transfer. Microsoft Mail does not have a lot of
> the features I liked on Outlook Express so I want to transfer all my
> messages
> and addresses from Mail to Outlook. I went to Outlook and unfortunately
> it
> does not list Microsoft Mail as one of the programs it can import into.
> Da,
> Microsoft Mail was not around in 03. Can someone please advise me the
> step
> by step process to transfer all my messages and address book from
> Microsoft
> Mail to Outlook 03? Thank you very much.


Firstly, it's not "Microsoft" mail - it's Windows Mail. Microsoft Mail
existed under Windows 3.1!
Have you looked at exporting FROM Windows mail?

Hello Gordon,

Yes I did. When I went to "exporting" from Windows Mail, the wizard asked
where I wanted to export "to", Microsoft Exchange or Windows Mail. Nothing
about Outlook....

Thanks.
O-san

"Gordon" wrote:

> "O-san" <O-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsB5CC560-6AD6-47E9-8B51-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I recently bought a new computer with Vista and installed my Office 2003
> >with
> > Outlook. When I had all my e-mail messages and addresses transferred from
> > my
> > old computer, where I used Outlook Express, it was loaded into Microsoft
> > Mail
> > by the person who did the transfer. Microsoft Mail does not have a lot of
> > the features I liked on Outlook Express so I want to transfer all my
> > messages
> > and addresses from Mail to Outlook. I went to Outlook and unfortunately
> > it
> > does not list Microsoft Mail as one of the programs it can import into.
> > Da,
> > Microsoft Mail was not around in 03. Can someone please advise me the
> > step
> > by step process to transfer all my messages and address book from
> > Microsoft
> > Mail to Outlook 03? Thank you very much.
>
>
> Firstly, it's not "Microsoft" mail - it's Windows Mail. Microsoft Mail
> existed under Windows 3.1!
> Have you looked at exporting FROM Windows mail?
>
>
>

"O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello Gordon,
>
> Yes I did. When I went to "exporting" from Windows Mail, the wizard asked
> where I wanted to export "to", Microsoft Exchange or Windows Mail.
> Nothing
> about Outlook....
>

Choose the "Exchange" option - you then get another screen saying "Exchange
or Outlook"....

More info here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196347

Hello Gordon,

Thank you. I'll give that a try. I appreciate your help.

Cheers
O-san

"Gordon" wrote:

> "O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:522160EC-58F7-465B-8EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello Gordon,
> >
> > Yes I did. When I went to "exporting" from Windows Mail, the wizard asked
> > where I wanted to export "to", Microsoft Exchange or Windows Mail.
> > Nothing
> > about Outlook....
> >
>
> Choose the "Exchange" option - you then get another screen saying "Exchange
> or Outlook"....
>
> More info here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196347
>
>
>

Gordon,

What about my addresses? It says CSV or vCard? Which one should I choose?

"Gordon" wrote:

> "O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:522160EC-58F7-465B-8EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello Gordon,
> >
> > Yes I did. When I went to "exporting" from Windows Mail, the wizard asked
> > where I wanted to export "to", Microsoft Exchange or Windows Mail.
> > Nothing
> > about Outlook....
> >
>
> Choose the "Exchange" option - you then get another screen saying "Exchange
> or Outlook"....
>
> More info here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196347
>
>
>

"O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Gordon,
>
> What about my addresses? It says CSV or vCard? Which one should I
> choose?
>

neither. In Outlook go to File-Import and export , import Internet mail and
addresses, and you should have the option to import from Windows mail
(unless that's purely an outlook 2007 option....) UNCHECK the mil option,
leaving the Addresses option checked.

HTH

I still don't see why you can't import from Outlook. I would not expect
Windows Mail to be listed, but you should still be able to access the
addresses via the Outlook Express path.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Gordon,
>
> What about my addresses? It says CSV or vCard? Which one should I
> choose?
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> "O-san" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:522160EC-58F7-465B-8EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hello Gordon,
>> >
>> > Yes I did. When I went to "exporting" from Windows Mail, the wizard
>> > asked
>> > where I wanted to export "to", Microsoft Exchange or Windows Mail.
>> > Nothing
>> > about Outlook....
>> >
>>
>> Choose the "Exchange" option - you then get another screen saying
>> "Exchange
>> or Outlook"....
>>
>> More info here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196347
>>
>>
>>

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I still don't see why you can't import from Outlook. I would not
> expect Windows Mail to be listed, but you should still be able to
> access the addresses via the Outlook Express path.

True, but then the message dates probably would change to match the date of
import.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Of course, but the OP was asking about Contacts here, not messages.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I still don't see why you can't import from Outlook. I would not
>> expect Windows Mail to be listed, but you should still be able to
>> access the addresses via the Outlook Express path.
>
> True, but then the message dates probably would change to match the date
> of import.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]