Importing messages from Outlook 2003 to Entourage

Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
was.....duuuuuuuuuuh. Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
:)

Michel
Thu Nov 23 13:56:20 CST 2006

These two pages should tell you everything you need to know:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/index.html>

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html>


On 23/11/06 18:24, in article
1164302675.763406.315800@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "bb"
<bbaughman@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> was.....duuuuuuuuuuh. Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> :)
>

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

bb
Thu Nov 23 20:55:53 CST 2006

Michel, First thanks for your response. I spent an hour pouring
through the url's and the information..... The bottom line is that
this simple conversion to get mail from Outlook to Entourage is
complicated and will take many steps (hours)..... I'm shocked and
really dissappointed..... I'm reconsidering my purchase.....

Bob

*****************************
Michel Bintener wrote:
> These two pages should tell you everything you need to know:
>
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/index.html>
>
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html>
>
>
> On 23/11/06 18:24, in article
> 1164302675.763406.315800@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "bb"
> <bbaughman@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> > 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> > Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> > archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> > an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> > Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> > or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> > something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> > 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> > be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> > talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> > was.....duuuuuuuuuuh. Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> > thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> > Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> > :)
> >
>
> --
> Michel Bintener
> Microsoft MVP
> Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)
>
> ***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

Barry
Fri Nov 24 02:40:53 CST 2006

The easiest way to get your mail into Entourage is to simply create an
Exchange account in Entourage - all the mail will be simply synced across.

If you can't take the mac into work to connect to the local network, you can
use the OWA address as the Exchange Server address in the account set up
details - providing you have OWA accessible from the outside world,
Entourage can use this address to connect to the server (it uses the same
protocols as OAW) and will download all you mail, contacts and calendar
events.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>



> From: bb <bbaughman@austin.rr.com>
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> Date: 23 Nov 2006 18:55:53 -0800
> Subject: Re: Importing messages from Outlook 2003 to Entourage
>
> Michel, First thanks for your response. I spent an hour pouring
> through the url's and the information..... The bottom line is that
> this simple conversion to get mail from Outlook to Entourage is
> complicated and will take many steps (hours)..... I'm shocked and
> really dissappointed..... I'm reconsidering my purchase.....
>
> Bob
>
> *****************************
> Michel Bintener wrote:
>> These two pages should tell you everything you need to know:
>>
>> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/index.html>
>>
>> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html>
>>
>>
>> On 23/11/06 18:24, in article
>> 1164302675.763406.315800@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "bb"
>> <bbaughman@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
>>> 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
>>> Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
>>> archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
>>> an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
>>> Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
>>> or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
>>> something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
>>> 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
>>> be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
>>> talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
>>> was.....duuuuuuuuuuh. Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
>>> thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
>>> Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
>>> :)
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Michel Bintener
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)
>>
>> ***Always reply to the newsgroup.***
>

Jon
Fri Nov 24 08:30:34 CST 2006

bb wrote:
> Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> was.....duuuuuuuuuuh.

I thought the message import was pretty straightforward when I did it.
Certainly a lot easier than exporting my email from Opera to Outlook
where I had to reverse engineer the file format myself and write a
script to do the conversion to MBOX format files.

Using Outlook Express/Exchange/Eudora as an intermediary is not that
much faff to be fair and hardly more effort than File->Import.

> Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> :)

Well, what do you expect for a proprietary file format? The people to
beat up are Microsoft for not providing an importer for Windows PST
files (there is one for Outlook 2001 for the Mac).

Jon

Diane
Fri Nov 24 16:03:27 CST 2006

On 11/24/06 6:30 AM, in article e1rgSU9DHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, "Jon
Connell" <jon@no-pork-products-please.figsandfudge.com> wrote:

> Well, what do you expect for a proprietary file format? The people to
> beat up are Microsoft for not providing an importer for Windows PST
> files (there is one for Outlook 2001 for the Mac).

Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit released the .PST Import Tool to migrate
data from Outlook® 2001 for Mac to Entourage® 2004. See instructions and
download PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for Mac

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b95cfe2-ea2b-4088
-af2c-2fd497e2a6f8&displaylang=en>

It was listed on the link provided in a previous message.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
The Entourage Blog lists the EHP as one of the top five Microsoft Entourage
resources.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

bb
Sat Nov 25 08:34:40 CST 2006

Thanks Barry. Unfortunately, like most big companies, attaching my
personal computer to the network will not be allowed. As far as an
OWA address.....again, like most companies....thick firewall so - no
can do........ Bummer... Any other suggestions?

Bob


Barry Wainwright [MVP] wrote:
> The easiest way to get your mail into Entourage is to simply create an
> Exchange account in Entourage - all the mail will be simply synced across.
>
> If you can't take the mac into work to connect to the local network, you can
> use the OWA address as the Exchange Server address in the account set up
> details - providing you have OWA accessible from the outside world,
> Entourage can use this address to connect to the server (it uses the same
> protocols as OAW) and will download all you mail, contacts and calendar
> events.
>
> --
> Barry Wainwright
> Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
> Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
> <http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>
>
>
>
> > From: bb <bbaughman@austin.rr.com>
> > Organization: http://groups.google.com
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> > Date: 23 Nov 2006 18:55:53 -0800
> > Subject: Re: Importing messages from Outlook 2003 to Entourage
> >
> > Michel, First thanks for your response. I spent an hour pouring
> > through the url's and the information..... The bottom line is that
> > this simple conversion to get mail from Outlook to Entourage is
> > complicated and will take many steps (hours)..... I'm shocked and
> > really dissappointed..... I'm reconsidering my purchase.....
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > *****************************
> > Michel Bintener wrote:
> >> These two pages should tell you everything you need to know:
> >>
> >> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/index.html>
> >>
> >> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 23/11/06 18:24, in article
> >> 1164302675.763406.315800@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "bb"
> >> <bbaughman@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> >>> 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> >>> Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> >>> archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> >>> an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> >>> Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> >>> or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> >>> something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> >>> 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> >>> be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> >>> talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> >>> was.....duuuuuuuuuuh. Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> >>> thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> >>> Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> >>> :)
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michel Bintener
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)
> >>
> >> ***Always reply to the newsgroup.***
> >

bb
Sat Nov 25 08:37:35 CST 2006

Diane, thx for the response. I agree that someone in Redmond should
address this..... The PST conversion file you reference below is ONLY
if you are going from MS Outlook for MAC 2001 to Entourage. The
conversion program has heavy warning signs that it won't work for
anything else so I'm still stuck.....

Any other suggestions?

B
Diane Ross wrote:
> On 11/24/06 6:30 AM, in article e1rgSU9DHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, "J=
on
> Connell" <jon@no-pork-products-please.figsandfudge.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, what do you expect for a proprietary file format? The people to
> > beat up are Microsoft for not providing an importer for Windows PST
> > files (there is one for Outlook 2001 for the Mac).
>
> Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit released the .PST Import Tool to migr=
ate
> data from Outlook=AE 2001 for Mac to Entourage=AE 2004. See instructions =
and
> download PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for Mac
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3D9b95cfe2-ea2b=
-4088
> -af2c-2fd497e2a6f8&displaylang=3Den>
>
> It was listed on the link provided in a previous message.
>
> --
> Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
> Entourage Help Page
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
> The Entourage Blog lists the EHP as one of the top five Microsoft Entour=
age
> resources.=20
> <http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

bb
Sat Nov 25 08:39:42 CST 2006

Thanks Jon,
the (triple) conversion you suggest is widely known to drop the
attachements....so that, unfortunately is not an option....
Any other suggestions?
b


Jon Connell wrote:
> bb wrote:
> > Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> > 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> > Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> > archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> > an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> > Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> > or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> > something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> > 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> > be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> > talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> > was.....duuuuuuuuuuh.
>
> I thought the message import was pretty straightforward when I did it.
> Certainly a lot easier than exporting my email from Opera to Outlook
> where I had to reverse engineer the file format myself and write a
> script to do the conversion to MBOX format files.
>
> Using Outlook Express/Exchange/Eudora as an intermediary is not that
> much faff to be fair and hardly more effort than File->Import.
>
> > Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> > thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> > Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> > :)
>
> Well, what do you expect for a proprietary file format? The people to
> beat up are Microsoft for not providing an importer for Windows PST
> files (there is one for Outlook 2001 for the Mac).
>
> Jon

Chris
Thu Dec 07 11:17:25 CST 2006

Well, it's probably overkill just to have your email, but you could use
Bootcamp to dual-boot your MacBook then install Windows, Outlook, and
either look at exporting in different ways or just plain using Windows
on a MacBook instead.

I'm actually in the same boat as you with Outlook 2003, but I'm also
running Windows.

bb wrote:
> Thanks Jon,
> the (triple) conversion you suggest is widely known to drop the
> attachements....so that, unfortunately is not an option....
> Any other suggestions?
> b
>
>
> Jon Connell wrote:
> > bb wrote:
> > > Can anyone please tell me how to move my email messages from Outlook
> > > 2003 to Entourage. I just purchased my new Macbook (w / Core2Duo).
> > > Here is what the Apple Help Desk said, but it doesn't work. I have
> > > archived all my Outlook 2003 email to .pst files. I have moved them to
> > > an external drive. The external drive (via USB) is readable by my
> > > Mac. Apple Help said that i was going to just be able to 'read them
> > > or move them' into an Entourage folder....hogwash...unless I'm doing
> > > something wrong. Pls advise. FYI....if Steve J wants to help
> > > 'conversions' from the 'dark side' this very, very basic stuff should
> > > be clear / simple and known by all Apple HELP desk folks. I had to
> > > talk to 3 of them before I found someone who even knew what a .pst file
> > > was.....duuuuuuuuuuh.
> >
> > I thought the message import was pretty straightforward when I did it.
> > Certainly a lot easier than exporting my email from Opera to Outlook
> > where I had to reverse engineer the file format myself and write a
> > script to do the conversion to MBOX format files.
> >
> > Using Outlook Express/Exchange/Eudora as an intermediary is not that
> > much faff to be fair and hardly more effort than File->Import.
> >
> > > Sorry for the cynical comments. I just
> > > thought this would be a whole lot simpler than its turning out to be.
> > > Thanks and I hope to have something else to be 'Thankful for' today...
> > > :)
> >
> > Well, what do you expect for a proprietary file format? The people to
> > beat up are Microsoft for not providing an importer for Windows PST
> > files (there is one for Outlook 2001 for the Mac).
> >
> > Jon