In Outlook Express 5 or Entourage for Mac OS or Mac OS X, how do I import data from another email application?

Both Outlook Express 5 and Entourage can import data from most current email applications. To do this:

1. From the File menu, choose Import... .
   
   
2. If you are using Outlook Express or Entourage v.X, 2004, or 2008, in the window that pops up, click the radio button next to Import from an Application or Import information from a program and click the right arrow at the bottom of the window. If you are using Entourage 2001, skip this step.
   
   
3. Click the radio button next to the application that you want to import items from, and then click the right arrow.
   
   
4. Check the boxes next to the items you want to import: Mail (or Messages), Addresses (or Contacts), Signatures, Accounts, Rules, Tasks, Notes, Calendar events, Preferences, Custom views. Not all categories will be available to all applications. Click the right arrow.
   
   
5. After a few moments your data should be imported into Outlook Express or Entourage. (You may be prompted to locate the folder where the information is stored.) Click Finish.

In the main window of the application, you will see a folder that contains the imported data. If you were using the other email application as a POP mail client, your mail folders will be held within this folder. Any profiles you had set up to read mailboxes using the IMAP protocol will be active. Addresses will appear in the address book.

Also see:

• How do I convert my email address book into a format used by another email program?
• In Outlook Express or Entourage, how do I import an address book from another e-mail program?
• In Mac OS or Mac OS X, how do I import my Pine address book into Outlook Express or Entourage?