Barry
Sat Jul 30 01:45:35 CDT 2005
On 29/7/05 22:28, in article
1122672503.347395.22640@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "wildweasel"
<wildweasel1265@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am brand new to this type of communication, so bear with me. I
> recently purchased my first Mac and want to import my outlook files
> into Entourage from my PC over a network. The software says I can
> import the files, but it doesn't say I can do it over a network. Is it
> possible? In preparation I exported my outlook files to my desktop. My
> thinking is to start the import from the Mac and when it asks for the
> location of the file just point towards the file over the network
> connection. Does that sound logical? The second question is whether I
> want to use Entourage at all. Is it better to just use the other
> programs Mac already has?
>
As to which programme - most of us are here because we already chose
Entourage, so you won't be surprised to see that one suggested :)
If you have an exchange account you were using with outlook, then entourage
is definitely the better bet - much better exchange integration, and there
are promises of a huge improvement in calendars and public folders promised
for an update later this year.
As for importing, there is no direct import for data from outlook, but it
can be achieved in many ways. If you have access to the exchange server,
simply connect entourage to it and it will download all the data. Otherwise,
see here for some suggestions:
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html#convert_imap>
--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out:
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>