> From: Sarah Folkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a quick question I was hoping someone could answer for me. A > family member of mine had been using a private web-based email, and > just purchased an eMac. He would like to import all his messages and > his address book into Mail and the Address Book on the machine, but I'm > not too sure how to go about doing that. Is it even possible?
Possible? Maybe. Worth the time and effort? Probably not. Easiest way to import the addresses would be the following: 1. Go to the web-based email. 2. Write a note subject: addresses, and address it to your new email account (the one you've set up on the eMac). Put EVERYONE in the address book in the "cc" field. 3. In the body of the email, tell everyone your NEW email address and ask them to send you a short note that they received your email and have made the change. 4. As you get responses to your email, click on "Add Sender to Address Book" (assuming you are using Mail). Maybe there is a better way, but I love making other people do the work! :) As for the emails themselves, I don't think there's anything you can do that would be worth the bother. If you could download these emails into a "real" email client, that would be one thing, but if it's web-based ONLY as (for example) Yahoo's is, you're pretty much SOL unless you enjoy one-at-a-time manual importing. _Chas_ "To use the Mac is to be confronted, over and over, with the idea that the most mundane task can be done artfully and compassionately, beautifully and invitingly. " -- Glenn McDonald -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
