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Jeremy.Hanna1234
Seriously, Microsoft wouldn't know interoperability if it came up and
bit them in the face, which it occasionally does.
For example, I bought a PowerBook last year and bought the latest
version of MS Office for the Mac, 2004. Finally, Microsoft creates
something called a PST Import Tool. I can now import my information
from Outlook 2002 on my PC to my Mac? Um...no. This stupid PST Import
Tool apparently only imports from MS Outlook 2001 for Mac. What kind
of solution is that? Well it seems like a "I want to tell the market
that I am an interoperable company so people will stop hating me and
governments will leave me alone" kind of a solution. It's a tool in
name only.
So, I tried some solutions found on the web. I got my contacts by
installing Mozilla Thunderbird on my PC and it automatically imported
my contacts and mail. I promptly exported my contacts into an ldif
file and imported them on the mac. Unfortunately, Thunderbird has no
export functionality for mailboxes.
So, I tried one solution of installing the Mozilla Suite. It,
unfortunately, does not import from Outlook. So even though it would
export to a semi-standard mailbox format (ahem...Microsoft), it doesn't
import Outlook files automatically like Thunderbird does.
So, I tried to install Eudora on the PC and it imported my mail just
fine. Then I tool those mailbox files and brought them over to the
mac. Apparently mailbox files on the pc are different than mailbox
files for the mac with Eudora so no luck there.
You would think, you might just imagine, that a company as well funded
as Microsoft could find a way in its billions of dollars of research
and development to import a "standard" PST file into Entourage, which
they happened to write as well. This is especially true for a company
which is touting its "interoperability" as of late. Do I sense some
irony here?
Well, if anyone else has had a better experience with importing mail,
just the mail messages, into Entourage or Mac Mail.app, please let me
know. I'm just trying to get my messages.
Thanks and regards,
Jeremy
bit them in the face, which it occasionally does.
For example, I bought a PowerBook last year and bought the latest
version of MS Office for the Mac, 2004. Finally, Microsoft creates
something called a PST Import Tool. I can now import my information
from Outlook 2002 on my PC to my Mac? Um...no. This stupid PST Import
Tool apparently only imports from MS Outlook 2001 for Mac. What kind
of solution is that? Well it seems like a "I want to tell the market
that I am an interoperable company so people will stop hating me and
governments will leave me alone" kind of a solution. It's a tool in
name only.
So, I tried some solutions found on the web. I got my contacts by
installing Mozilla Thunderbird on my PC and it automatically imported
my contacts and mail. I promptly exported my contacts into an ldif
file and imported them on the mac. Unfortunately, Thunderbird has no
export functionality for mailboxes.
So, I tried one solution of installing the Mozilla Suite. It,
unfortunately, does not import from Outlook. So even though it would
export to a semi-standard mailbox format (ahem...Microsoft), it doesn't
import Outlook files automatically like Thunderbird does.
So, I tried to install Eudora on the PC and it imported my mail just
fine. Then I tool those mailbox files and brought them over to the
mac. Apparently mailbox files on the pc are different than mailbox
files for the mac with Eudora so no luck there.
You would think, you might just imagine, that a company as well funded
as Microsoft could find a way in its billions of dollars of research
and development to import a "standard" PST file into Entourage, which
they happened to write as well. This is especially true for a company
which is touting its "interoperability" as of late. Do I sense some
irony here?
Well, if anyone else has had a better experience with importing mail,
just the mail messages, into Entourage or Mac Mail.app, please let me
know. I'm just trying to get my messages.
Thanks and regards,
Jeremy