Remember though, (to my knowledge), IMAP does not transfer calendars or contacts, only email... The best way would be to transfer from Entourage to Outlook would be through an exchange server.
Jonathan On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM, William Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Catherine Burns <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:19:46 -0500 (CDT) > > > > Hi, > > > > I need to transfer all my Entourage data and files onto my PC laptop. > Can > > anyone lead me to instructions on how to pull this off and to keep all my > > data & files? > > Entourage and Outlook have no direct means of exchanging data with each > other. You'll have to use some sort of intermediary. > > One method is to export .mbox files from Entourage, import those into > Outlook Express and then import into Outlook. Have a look at these > instructions <http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=6436#400>. > > I would suggest that if you have an Exchange Server that you simply copy > messages up to your server, connect with Outlook and then download them > from > the server. > > If you don't have Exchange then a free IMAP service such as Gmail will work > just fine. Go to <http://mail.google.com> and create a free IMAP mail > account. Connect Entourage to your account and copy messages up to Gmail. > Then connect Outlook to the same account and copy messages down from Gmail. > > Have a look at these blog posts for connecting Entourage to Gmail. > > "Connect Entourage 2004 to Gmail¹s IMAP service" > < > http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/11/connect_entourage_2004_to_gmails_ima > p_service.html<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/11/connect_entourage_2004_to_gmails_ima%0Ap_service.html> > > > > "Create Gmail labels and make Entourage folders" > < > http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/11/create_gmail_labels_and_make_entoura > ge_folders.html<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/11/create_gmail_labels_and_make_entoura%0Age_folders.html> > > > > Hope this helps! > -- > > bill > > Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> > Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> > YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> > Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/meck> > > > -- > YouTalk mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] > To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe > -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
