export WLM emails to Outlook?

[Jim Beaver]

I've decided to use Outlook instead of what I have been using for a couple
of weeks, Windows Live Mail. (I'm in Vista.)

I want to transfer all my emails received during the Windows Live Mail
period to my Outlook account.

I've exported them from Windows Live Mail.

The question is, where did I export them to? At the conclusion of the
export, all I got was a message saying I'd successfully exported them. It
didn't say where they were, now that I was ready to import them into
Outlook.

I can't figure where I'm supposed to import them into Outlook from.

Jim Beaver

 

[PA Bear]

If Outlook is installed, you data was exported to Outlook.

Windows Live Mail (WLM) newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Outlook-specific newsgroups include:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.bcm
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.thirdpartyutil

 

[Alan Foster]

I want to transfer all my messages in Windows Mail on my PC to Outlook on my
laptop. Any ideas how to do that?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

Install Outlook on your PC.
Transfer your messages into Outlook.
Close Outlook and make a copy of the Personal Folders (.PST) file.
Transfer this file to a folder on your laptop where it NOT OVERWRITE any
existing .PST files.
Open Outlook on your laptop, then open the transferred .PST file using
'File|Open|Outlook Data File'.
Drag and drop messages from the transfer file to your main .PST file.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
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[herbert.chik]

I have a different kind of problem. I'm also trying to move from WLM
to Outlook. Problem is, I get a

"
Windows Live Mail was unable to export all of your messages.

Your disk may not have enough space for all the exported messages, or
some of the messages you're exporting may be corrupted. Run Disk
Cleanup or delete some files, then try to export your messages again.
"

I've made sure that the amount of free space is larger than all the
WLM files put together. I've tried exporting an empty folder just to
see if the message is actually being triggered by corrupted data
(apparently not).

So does anyone have any idea what's going on?

Help...

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

What version of Outlook are you using? How large is your .PST file?

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

 

[herbert.chik]

It's Outlook 2000 and the .pst file is about 1.5GB which, is funny
because there's almost no information in there...only a few hundred
contacts. No messages or anything...contacts don't take up that much
space do they?

Anyway, I don't know how big it should be because I haven't managed to
export my WLM messages to my Outlook yet.

 

[Guest]

I doubt if version 2000 of Outlook runs well under Vista. Even
version 2002 has some problems under Vista. Versions 2003 and
more recent run well, though.

It's Outlook 2000 and the .pst file is about 1.5GB which, is funny
because there's almost no information in there...only a few hundred
contacts. No messages or anything...contacts don't take up that much
space do they?

Anyway, I don't know how big it should be because I haven't managed to
export my WLM messages to my Outlook yet.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

All versions of Outlook prior to 2003 used ANSI format .PST (Personal
Folders) files which have a size limit on the order of 1.6 GB. You are VERY
close to that limit. If you use the Journal, delete any unneeded files,
make sure you've emptied Deleted Items, and try compacting the folder. If
that doesn't work, create a new .PST file and use copy and paste to move
data from the old file to the new one. Note that Outlook 2000 has
compatibility issues under Vista.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288283
Both offline files and personal folders files stop accepting data in Outlook
2002
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp
To repair a 2GB Personal Folders or Offline Folders file
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
Does Outlook work on Vista?

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

It's Outlook 2000 and the .pst file is about 1.5GB which, is funny
because there's almost no information in there...only a few hundred
contacts. No messages or anything...contacts don't take up that much
space do they?

Anyway, I don't know how big it should be because I haven't managed to
export my WLM messages to my Outlook yet.

 

[Guest]

Also, does it matter if Outlook is open when I do the export from WLM?

I don't know for sure, but I suspect it must be closed.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

I can't reproduce this issue, I can successfully export both Inbox and Sent
Items from WLM to Outlook 2007. Outlook 2003 and 2007 use Unicode format
..PST files and have a size limit on the order of 20 GB. There is no
convenient way to convert an old (ANSI) format .PST file into a Unicode
..PST; the simplest way to do this is to drag everything out of an old file
and drop it into a new format file. It doesn't matter if Outlook is open or
closed, the transfer process will start up whatever Outlook modules are
needed.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com