Exporting Mail from Outlook to Mail.app

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Hi Lads,
Just wondering what the best way of doing this is?
As usual there's about a million programs you can buy but thought it might be easier than this?
Thanks
Gary

Breezer

I did it like this:

Download and install Thunderbird for Windows.

On the Windows computer, import your emails from Outlook into Thunderbird (see here - I think you may also have the option of importing from Outlook automatically when you install Thunderbird).

Export your emails from Thunderbird:

From http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#export

How do I export e-mail messages to another mail program or computer?
Thunderbird's mail files are in the standard plain text "mbox" format, which almost all mail programs can use or import. Many proprietary mail programs have a function to import from Eudora, which also uses the "mbox" format; this function should read your Mozilla mail files properly.

Your mail files are inside your profile (see the Profile Folder), in the Mail and (if you use IMAP) ImapMail folders. Each mail folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored as two files — one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file itself (in "mbox" format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf), which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file. Tell the other program to import mail from the file with no extension.

If you want to transfer a mail file to another Mozilla profile or another installation of Mozilla, simply put the mail file into the other installation's Mail folder.

Move this file over to the Mac and rename it with the extension .mbox.

In Mail, select File -> Import Mailboxes -> mbox files. Select the file you moved over from Windows.

That should hopefully do it

ZENER

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Clever clogs !!

ZEN

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SWEET!

Breezer

ZENER wrote: »

. . . you have way too much free time on your hands my friend !!!

Clever clogs !!

ZEN

Probably. Can I have a cookie?