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You can easily import items from
other programs, like other mail clients and address book
data, into Microsoft® Outlook®
Express. These items include:
- Address books: From Microsoft
products and other products, such as Netscape
Communicator and Eudora. You can also import address
book data that uses the comma separated values (CSV)
format.
- Messages from other e-mail
programs: Including Netscape and Eudora. You can also
import messages from many Microsoft products, such as
Outlook or older versions of Outlook Express.
- E-mail account settings: From
an existing e-mail account. When you import your
e-mail account settings, your Outlook Express account
will have many, if not all, of the customization and
information details from your previous account.
- Newsgroup account settings:
From an existing e-mail account. When you import your
newsgroup account settings into Outlook Express, your
subscription records and other data, such as which
messages you've seen, are placed into your Outlook
Express newsgroup account. You can then up reading
your newsgroups.
To Import Address Books
You can import address book
contacts from other Microsoft®
Windows® Address Book files
(.wab), as well as from Netscape Communicator, Microsoft
Exchange® Personal Address Book,
or any text (.csv) file.
For Windows Address Book
- On the File menu, point
to Import, and then click Address Book.
- Select the address book or file
type you want to import, and then click Open.
For all other address book
formats
- On the File menu, point
to Import, and then click Other Address Book.
- Click the address book or file
type you want to import, and then click Open.
If your address book is not
listed, you can export it to either a text (.csv) file or
a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) or
Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) file, and
then import it using that file type.
To Import Messages from Other
E-mail Programs
Using the Outlook Express Import
Wizard, you can easily import e-mail messages from a
variety of popular Internet e-mail programs, such as
Netscape Communicator and Eudora, as well as from
Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook.
- On the File menu, point
to Import, and then click Messages.
- Select the e-mail program you
want to import messages from, and then click Next.
- Verify the location of your
messages, and then click Next.
- Choose All folders to
import all the messages, and then click Next.
You can also choose Selected Folders to import
messages from one or more folders.
- Click Finish.
NOTE If you are unsure which
e-mail program and version you want to import messages
from, start the e-mail program. On the Help menu,
select About and check the information for program
and version.
To Import E-mail Account Settings
- On the File menu, point
to Import, and then click Mail Account Settings.
- Select the e-mail client you
want to import and click Next.
- The settings for the e-mail
account will appear. To accept these settings, select Accept
Settings, and then click Next. Go to step
5.
- To change any of the settings,
select Change Settings, and then click Next.
Use the Internet Connection Wizard to step through the
settings for the e-mail account. Make any changes you
want and click Next.
- On the Completion page, click Finish.
- To see the account information,
on the Tools menu, click Accounts.
To Import Newsgroup Account
Settings
- On the File menu, point
to Import, and then click News Account
Settings.
- Select the newsgroup account
you want to import and click Next.
- The settings for the newsgroup
account will appear. To accept these settings, select Accept
Settings, and then click Next. Go to step
5.
- To change any of the settings,
select Change Settings, and then click Next.
Use the Internet Connection Wizard to step through the
settings for the newsgroup account. Make any changes
you want and click Next.
- On the Completion page, click Finish.
- To see the account information,
on the Tools menu, click Accounts.
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