Importing contacts and emails

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I have a large database of contacts and past emails (6000 contacts, 60000
emails). Most of the emails are linked to contacts, but not all. I'd like to
get all of it into Outlook. I can convert the data into pretty much any
form. How do I do the conversion? Is there some standard format that Outlook
can accept?
 
Chris said:
I have a large database of contacts and past emails (6000 contacts, 60000
emails). Most of the emails are linked to contacts, but not all. I'd like
to get all of it into Outlook. I can convert the data into pretty much any
form. How do I do the conversion? Is there some standard format that
Outlook can accept?
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What kind of database?
Is it relational, or is it a flat file?

Also, what version of Outlook?

Provide full details in here and you'll get a lot more help.
 
I have a large database of contacts and past emails (6000 contacts, 60000
What kind of database?
Is it relational, or is it a flat file?

Also, what version of Outlook?

Provide full details in here and you'll get a lot more help.
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The details of the file format don't matter, because as I said, I can
convert the data into any (documented) form. But for reference -- these are
Goldmine tables. No, there isn't a converter for Goldmine to Outlook
anywhere. There are a few that purport to do the conversion, but they don't
do email.

Goldmine uses dBase tables. There's a contact table with all the basics plus
a memo field for notes. There's an email table. This table contains a
foreign key into the contacts table. That's all we need, because we don't
really use any of the other tables.

I'm using Outlook 2003.
 
Chris said:
I have a large database of contacts and past emails (6000 contacts, 60000
emails). Most of the emails are linked to contacts, but not all. I'd like
to get all of it into Outlook. I can convert the data into pretty much any
form. How do I do the conversion? Is there some standard format that
Outlook can accept?
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One solution for emails is to convert them into some format from which you
can then migrate to an IMAP server. Then you can use Outlook 2003 to access
the IMAP server and, if you need, easily copy them down into a PST. If you
don't have an IMAP server available, you could install one just for the
purpose. There are several free ones available including my own, MIMS
(which you can find at www.maclean.com/imap).

There is also a product called Aid4Mail (www.aid4mail.com) that claims to be
able to convert from multiple formats into Outlook. Perhaps one of them is
a format you could easily convert the Goldmine messages into.

As for contacts, I have no idea.

Pete Maclean
 
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