Import Outlook Express 6 emails and contacts to Outlook 2003

[~pcwiz]

I have my email and everything set up on my old computer on Outlook Express 6. Is there any way to transfer all of this to Outlook 2003 on my new computer?

 

EDIT: I think I may have found a solution. Export everything as a file in OE6 and import it into Outlook 2003.

 

EDIT2: No go, I can't export the messages into a file. Need help

[(MoC)]

The best thing you can do from what I googled is to install thunderbird. It imports everything!

[~pcwiz]

Yeah but the messages I want to transfer are on one computer and the new computer is another so I need cross computer transfer

[(MoC)]

Ohhhhhhh, I understand.

 

Nope, havent seen anything like that happen unless it was the mac transfer utility. Sorry pcwiz, can't help here.

[~pcwiz]

Yeah well what I've done is, I've left my old inbox on the old computer as it is and I've set up the email accounts again on the new computer with Outlook 2003 so all new future email comes to the new account on the new computer.

[skyhighmac]

Copied from M$

Step 1: Copy message files to a backup folder

Step A: Locate the Store folder

1. Start Outlook Express.

2. Click Tools, and then click Options.

3. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.

4. In the Store Location dialog box, copy the store location. To do this, follow these steps:

a. Put the mouse pointer at one end of the box under the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.

b. Press and hold the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer across the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.

c. Press CTRL+C to copy the location.

5. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.

Step B: Copy the contents of the Store folder

1. Click Start, click Run, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.

2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

3. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.

Step C: Create a backup folder

1. Right-click any empty area on your desktop, click New, and then click Folder.

2. Type Mail Backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.

Step D: Paste the contents of the Store folder into the backup folder

1. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.

2. Right-click inside the Mail Backup folder window, and then click Paste.

 

Then import that file into outlook.