-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all,
Well last night I decided I would install the copy of Outlook 2003 I got with my PocketPC. I'm not really sure why I decided to I just did. After a fight with several programs I found a [free and very easy] way to import my mail from The Bat! To Outlook while keeping the full folder structure. For those who might be interested here is how I did it... 1. Created a folder on my desktop called "TBMAIL" and mirror my folder setup in TB! in this folder. This was the longest task however as I have a very simple folder layout (why have a complex one with such a powerful search system in TB! ?) it was pretty easy to do. For those interested in how I store my mail I will put a little bit of info about it at the bottom of this post. 2. I then went into each folder in TB! and selected all of the mail in the folder (Ctrl+A) then selected Tools -> Export Messages -> Message Files (.EML) and selected the appropriate folder to export them to. I did this for each folder including Sent Items, Trash, etc. 3. Loaded Outlook Express and again created the folder structure in there (again this was annoying but not awful as I have a simple folder setup. 4. I then selected all of the mail in each folder in Explorer and just dragged them into the appropriate folder in Outlook Express. They automatically import keeping all of the correct settings (date, etc.). I did this for each folder. 5. Loaded Outlook 2003 and selected to import mail fom Outlook Express and everything was imported without a single lost mail :) If you have a lot of folders this will take a while. As I have said already my folder setup was very simple. All I do is have a root folder for each year and then sub-folders for each month (January, February, etc.). Then if an email arrives in September I just move it to the September folder. Pretty simple and very, very, very easy and fast to find what I am looking for. I use colour groups to label email however I never used it all that much so not having this option in Outlook should not be an issue (for me at least). The only issue I have found with Outlook 2003 is that I can't order the folders how I want. It automatically sorts them alphabetically which is a little annoying but easy to get around by putting the month's number from 01 to 12 at the start. So I have managed to successfully migrate from TB! to Outlook 2003! I hope anyone else planning on doing the same has such an easy job as I did. In all it took me 7 minutes to create all the folders and import the e-mail into Outlook Express and then Outlook 2003. As I said if you have a very complex folder setup it will take longer but it isn't an impossible task and it shouldn't take you more than an hour no matter how complex your setup is. Hope this post helps some people. I know I said I was going to stick with TB! But I thought why spend money when I have Outlook 2003 just sitting there? Also I like the way I can sync my e-mail with my PocketPC now rather than have to download them in Pocket Outlook as well as TB! and then using the mail on server feature to remove the messages manually. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly. Thanks to all on this DL for all of the help you have given me while I have been a member of TBUDL which has been a long time even though I have been on and off the DL a few times. Cheers and all the best in the future to Ritlabs. I hope that in the future I will use TB! again, perhaps at version 4 (so September 2005 yeah ;) ) - -- Morgan Pugh E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.mpugh.co.uk PGP Key @ http://mpugh.co.uk/pgp.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: Key at http://www.mpugh.co.uk/pgp.asc iQIVAwUBQTd0Yyz7FTt7FlahAQLvHg/9E0aHXKkZ1hgLrO5QRaFr0GW+eN2sqHDK FO46LtWy+CIJqakUNIBf/WK3S/YGx7y6jtCVKAO5CGTT4IKOZ/A5WAeKFE0RQeFD R2EVF3LxjoV5TrqYYDrrmvVTx7OR9HYPlO5Z+qzFGpSlZDRhLH8FicMv/1jWEW63 aXAQmVJfFEB1TQi+0OeR+eLWosNx6d79/kAUjo+xBf9B11JDDnbjmapl4D9Q8Rf5 7gCUQaSpemu7KgjHsmea1yTpVMgfw5C06xBF6+6Pwy0fcCYsca3wNod0jSOP8lxf YgAd1IunR522mS8DND6kFAUhlPhmOFDTERAcJKg+919llbhArldBRuLztbeoNiMI YVa5vA0JCKnRAkebIkCanCl3iut5IGrVkP8rnH/ALaUYVSvKq4DwjAa477R5S8tR VSdFpgdM9nOUl7uAhf5qm5JSB+GG+vzaJmTljECwkfWAzsRPR17JUyJyXaC+2rDU 5iM5sOGNcKJof9TABYDCHWGS48cU/UT9j7A2hHtERgOIW9UYchLc8VcYBzKzuads rKuijD1euJNpuvF/OIdksT5lFJze/xPT9EyM+DDb8LVHI7yuoX/FMV8D1CXAYPPk vyvUcfW89BC/a1sutaag4d17cPpRe+To8nBfDrjpdSNqy6+lykcVGvJpsis3unDr lGnFYqJaLe8= =+D19 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
