Hi Christine,
This worked great from Eudora 6.1. Thanks so much for
posting this workaround!
Best regards,
Marcye Coogan
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Hi! I've found a pretty good workaround for converting
from Eudora to Outlook. The trick is to first import into
Outlook Express, and then Export to Outlook. A few notes
- This method WILL preserve the Sent dates for all your
Out mail; this is the only method I've found that does
this.
- This method will NOT preserve the attachments for your
Out mail. You won't even be able to see which Out
messages had attachments at all.
- This method WILL preserve the attachments for all other
mailboxes (just not any Out mail). It will preserve the
attachments as actual Outlook attachments, meaning that
the attachments will be saved along with the messages, and
you can open and save them right from the Outlook. (If
you import Eudora directly into Outlook, your attachments
won't be saved with the messages - you'll only have a link
to the attachment.)
- This method will NOT preserve your Eudora message
status, e.g., Replied, Forwarded, etc. All your messages
will just appear as Read.
Here's how:
1. When importing into Outlook Express, choose the Eudora
import option (the version numbers don't matter - I did it
with Eudora 6.1, and it was fine).
2. OE will ask you to find the files. Point it at the
Eudora folder in your Program Files directory. This will
usually be: C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora or C:\Program
Files\Eudora .
3. You can then select which folders to import into OE.
If you want to test this out first, just choose one folder.
4. Once your folder(s) are imported into OE, choose
Export, and OE will export all mail into Outlook.
5. For your Eudora Out mail: When your Out mail is
imported into Outlook, it won't automatically be saved
into the Sent Items folder. Outlook will create a mailbox
called Out. Just open that mailbox and drag all the
messages into the Sent Items folder. They'll show up with
all the correct dates.
