On 10/7/03 9:29 AM, "Carlo Anselmi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Friends, > This might be already discussed here but I am new to the list, so forgive > me! > Also it is surely off topic because it is also about Outlook 2001... > > Is there any way to import .pst (MS exchange) files into Entourage X? > > I am also trying to import .pst files from PC to Mac using Outlook 2001 > under Classic (inside personal folders) and it works fine except all the > messages are converted without any formatting, like plain text and no line > breaks and the like. > > Is there any right way to import .pst files or convert them before I can use > them? > Entourage doesn't read .pst files - nothing but Outlook does. (And I find it pretty amazing that the Outlook 2001 programmers were able to get Outlook 2001 to read and write .pst files that interchange with Outlook PC.) If you're using Outlook 2001, you must be on Exchange Server. You already have Entourage 10.1.4 and so can access Exchange from Entourage. Back in Outlook Windows, open your .psts and transfer the Mail Folders .pst back up to the server - in a new profile if it's more convenient that way. (Or if you have only one big .pst with all your data, do this in a new profile.) Or simply use your current Folders if they're current, without bothering with the .psts at all. Make sure that your Mail Folders are on the server, and simply access them in Entourage. If you want to remove those messages form the server (again), drag-copy messages from Exchange folders to local mail folders within Entourage, then delete them from Exchange. HTML formatting will be preserved, but mail that was written in Outlook's RTF format will become plain text, as you're seeing in 2001, since Entourage can't read that RTF. If any of those RTF messages contain important attachments, you should convert those messages to either plain text or HTML within Outlook - otherwise they may become inaccessible within winmail.dat attachments. (Actually I don't know if that's happening on Exchange itself within Entourage- ca someone say if it is? Perhaps it isn't. Anyway, if you do see any of those, you can open them on the Mac with a free utility called "TNEF's Enuf" available at http://www.versiontracker.com ) For Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes, you can get my "Export-Import Entourage X" shareware scripts at MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> You will be exporting all those items from Outlook Windows (any version) as .CSV files, not as .PST. Everything will come across to Entourage with all fields, categories, etc. intact. (Apologies for the plug.) -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
