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Windows Live Mail. GRRRRRR!

  • 05-07-2010 08:25AM
    #1
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭


    I've installed Windows 7 on an iMac, and was shocked to see that Outlook Express isn't there (I'm coming from XP land).

    The WLM program is a disaster compared to 0E6. Way too cluttered and confusing.

    I'm considering buying Outlook 2007 to overcome it, but can anyone tell me if OE6 mailboxes (.dbx) can be imported into OE?

    Thanks.

    Freddie.


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  • #2
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,203 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I'll be honest, I wouldn't particularly recommend buying Office 2007/2010 if you're only after Outlook - aside from anything else, there's already a significant difference between the functionality of Outlook Express/Windows Live Mail (home/consumer users) and Outlook (corporate/office users).

    You may want to consider switching to Thunderbird - there's a Mozilla support article here describing how to import Outlook Express mailboxes & profiles into Thunderbird.


  • #3
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Fysh wrote: »
    I'll be honest, I wouldn't particularly recommend buying Office 2007/2010 if you're only after Outlook - aside from anything else, there's already a significant difference between the functionality of Outlook Express/Windows Live Mail (home/consumer users) and Outlook (corporate/office users).

    You may want to consider switching to Thunderbird - there's a Mozilla support article here describing how to import Outlook Express mailboxes & profiles into Thunderbird.

    Thanks for that. The two links for the file converters are invalid in that article though.


  • #4
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,203 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Thanks for that. The two links for the file converters are invalid in that article though.

    They are indeed. However, a quick search on google shows that there's a Sourceforge project called mbx2mbox that may be able to help you....


  • #5
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Fysh wrote: »
    They are indeed. However, a quick search on google shows that there's a Sourceforge project called mbx2mbox that may be able to help you....

    Thanks for that.:)


  • #6
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    I've installed Windows 7 on an iMac, and was shocked to see that Outlook Express isn't there (I'm coming from XP land).

    The WLM program is a disaster compared to 0E6. Way too cluttered and confusing.

    I'm considering buying Outlook 2007 to overcome it, but can anyone tell me if OE6 mailboxes (.dbx) can be imported into OE?

    Thanks.

    Freddie.

    You could just save yourself some dough, and plenty of hassle by using a web based client such as gmail, or a standalone client like alpine?

    Evolution is a great Outlook replacement: http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/


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