Cannot import send/receive dates for emails stored in Access (.mdb) file

[JohnSoPA]

I have some mdb (Access format) database files with thousands of emails
extracted from couple of Yahoo groups forums. I'd like to import these
into my Outlook 2003 PST so that I can search and read them offline.

The mdb files contain all the fields necessary for a proper email
import, including

from_name
from_email
subject
receive_date
receive_time
message (HTML format)

When I use the Outlook "Import and Export Wizard", selecting Access
file type, etc., all appears fine. However, after the import
completes, in Outlook there is no date information populated under
either sent or received date.

If I use the "map custom fields" button on the import wizard, all of
the import file fields are shown correctly on the left hand "from" side
(as listed above) but on the right hand "to" side I only see the
following Outlook fields to map to:

subject
body
from/to/cc/bcc (name)
from/to/cc/bcc (address)
from/to/cc/bcc (type)
billing information
categories
importance
mileage
sensitivity

For whatever reason, THERE IS NO DATE FIELD to map to.

I can map date to something like "billing information" but that doesn't
help much

I appreciate any help or advice you can provide!

Thanks,

John

 

[JohnSoPA]

Could any of the experts here recommend a subgroup that might be able
to answer this?

Thanks,

John

 

[Brian Tillman]

Could any of the experts here recommend a subgroup that might be able
to answer this?

Importing doesn't handle date fields, as far as I know. At best the date
will be set to the date of the import.