importing OE6 IAFs into Outlook XP

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Commander in Chef

Outlook XP doesn't seem to want to export any Internet Mail Accounts on my
system. I have a whole host of downloaded email in OE6, and want to port it
all to OXP.
I just can't seem to get the account information through.

Any tips?
 
Diane said:
Outlook does not support iaf's. You'll need ot create you accounts in
OL or use Import and Export and import the settings from OE.
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That's right, but I can't import the Internet Mail Account info. into
Outlook in the first place. All it [Outlook] says is it could not find any
accounts to import; something to that effect.
I otherwise have a perfectly usable OE6 box which I use to read all my mail
and have stuff regularly backed-up.
 
Diane said:
Outlook does not support iaf's. You'll need ot create you accounts in
OL or use Import and Export and import the settings from OE.
Click to expand...

That's right, but I can't import the Internet Mail Account info. into
Outlook in the first place. All it [Outlook] says is it could not find any
accounts to import; something to that effect.
I otherwise have a perfectly usable OE6 box which I use to read all my mail
and have stuff regularly backed-up.
Click to expand...
And the only thing that Outlook can do with a "perfectly usable OE6
box" is import the messages & address book.
--
Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Email Client: Microsoft Outlook 2002
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Rich said:
Diane said:
Outlook does not support iaf's. You'll need ot create you accounts
in OL or use Import and Export and import the settings from OE.
Click to expand...

That's right, but I can't import the Internet Mail Account info. into
Outlook in the first place. All it [Outlook] says is it could not
find any accounts to import; something to that effect.
I otherwise have a perfectly usable OE6 box which I use to read all
my mail and have stuff regularly backed-up.
Click to expand...
And the only thing that Outlook can do with a "perfectly usable OE6
box" is import the messages & address book.
Click to expand...


Is that it?
 
You're the pro, you tell me.
There's a lot of guess work going on where Outlook is concerned - this or
that doesn't work...
 
Yes that is correct, expcept it [Outlook] says there are no accounts to
*import*.
Before I did that, I transported all my stored messages etc over and all
came through fine. Now I'm trying to get my account info. over, and maybe
the signatures I've defined in OE6 as well, if possible. Reason I'm adamant
is that I've got around 10 email accounts all carefully customised in OE6
and don't want to fill all that info all over again in Outlook.
 
I have never seen it fail as long as OE and OL are on the same machine...
and you use just the main identity. I don't think sigs carry over, but if
they are in files, you can use the files for sigs in OL, pretty much the
same way you do in OE.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Commander in Chef said:
Yes that is correct, expcept it [Outlook] says there are no accounts to
*import*.
Before I did that, I transported all my stored messages etc over and all
came through fine. Now I'm trying to get my account info. over, and maybe
the signatures I've defined in OE6 as well, if possible. Reason I'm adamant
is that I've got around 10 email accounts all carefully customised in OE6
and don't want to fill all that info all over again in Outlook.



Let's start at the beginning... you used Outlook's File, Import and
Export menu and selected Import Internet Mail Account Settings and it
says there are no accounts to export?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It's a sad story then. OE & OL are on the same Windows installation, and I
am the Main Id.

Maybe I should have to format, clean my whole disk and reinstall everything,
MS style :)

I have never seen it fail as long as OE and OL are on the same
machine... and you use just the main identity. I don't think sigs
carry over, but if they are in files, you can use the files for sigs
in OL, pretty much the same way you do in OE.


Commander in Chef said:
Yes that is correct, expcept it [Outlook] says there are no accounts
to *import*.
Before I did that, I transported all my stored messages etc over and
all came through fine. Now I'm trying to get my account info. over,
and maybe the signatures I've defined in OE6 as well, if possible.
Reason I'm adamant is that I've got around 10 email accounts all
carefully customised in OE6 and don't want to fill all that info all
over again in Outlook.



Let's start at the beginning... you used Outlook's File, Import and
Export menu and selected Import Internet Mail Account Settings and
it says there are no accounts to export?


You're the pro, you tell me.
There's a lot of guess work going on where Outlook is concerned -
this or that doesn't work...


Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
No, it's not true. Outlook can import accounts, except for the
password and as long as you aren't using identities. I don't know
why it won't import yours.



And the only thing that Outlook can do with a "perfectly usable
OE6 box" is import the messages & address book.


Is that it?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
you could do that, but it would probably be easier just to add the 10
accounts to OL. <g>

When you start OL after adding a new account to OE it asks if you want to
import it -so why not try adding an account to oe (can be a fake account)
and seeing if OL detects it. It might be the kick in the pants it needs...

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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Commander in Chef said:
It's a sad story then. OE & OL are on the same Windows installation, and I
am the Main Id.

Maybe I should have to format, clean my whole disk and reinstall everything,
MS style :)

I have never seen it fail as long as OE and OL are on the same
machine... and you use just the main identity. I don't think sigs
carry over, but if they are in files, you can use the files for sigs
in OL, pretty much the same way you do in OE.


Commander in Chef said:
Yes that is correct, expcept it [Outlook] says there are no accounts
to *import*.
Before I did that, I transported all my stored messages etc over and
all came through fine. Now I'm trying to get my account info. over,
and maybe the signatures I've defined in OE6 as well, if possible.
Reason I'm adamant is that I've got around 10 email accounts all
carefully customised in OE6 and don't want to fill all that info all
over again in Outlook.




Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
Let's start at the beginning... you used Outlook's File, Import and
Export menu and selected Import Internet Mail Account Settings and
it says there are no accounts to export?


You're the pro, you tell me.
There's a lot of guess work going on where Outlook is concerned -
this or that doesn't work...


Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
No, it's not true. Outlook can import accounts, except for the
password and as long as you aren't using identities. I don't know
why it won't import yours.



And the only thing that Outlook can do with a "perfectly usable
OE6 box" is import the messages & address book.


Is that it?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Good idea, maybe I'll try that.

you could do that, but it would probably be easier just to add the 10
accounts to OL. <g>

When you start OL after adding a new account to OE it asks if you
want to import it -so why not try adding an account to oe (can be a
fake account) and seeing if OL detects it. It might be the kick in
the pants it needs...


Commander in Chef said:
It's a sad story then. OE & OL are on the same Windows installation,
and I am the Main Id.

Maybe I should have to format, clean my whole disk and reinstall
everything, MS style :)

I have never seen it fail as long as OE and OL are on the same
machine... and you use just the main identity. I don't think sigs
carry over, but if they are in files, you can use the files for sigs
in OL, pretty much the same way you do in OE.


Yes that is correct, expcept it [Outlook] says there are no
accounts to *import*.
Before I did that, I transported all my stored messages etc over
and all came through fine. Now I'm trying to get my account info.
over, and maybe the signatures I've defined in OE6 as well, if
possible. Reason I'm adamant is that I've got around 10 email
accounts all carefully customised in OE6 and don't want to fill
all that info all over again in Outlook.




Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
Let's start at the beginning... you used Outlook's File, Import
and Export menu and selected Import Internet Mail Account
Settings and it says there are no accounts to export?


You're the pro, you tell me.
There's a lot of guess work going on where Outlook is concerned -
this or that doesn't work...


Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
No, it's not true. Outlook can import accounts, except for the
password and as long as you aren't using identities. I don't
know why it won't import yours.



And the only thing that Outlook can do with a "perfectly
usable OE6 box" is import the messages & address book.


Is that it?
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