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Old 19th May 2011, 11:48
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outlook express to outlook

I am wanting to move my email from outlook express to outlook. How can I export / import all my emails, address book, folders and settings from express to outlook? both programmes are on the same pc.
I have around 12 email addresses that come into express and various message rules so that each email to a particular address goes into its designated folder.

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Migrate from Outlook Express or Windows (Live) Mail to Outlook | HowTo-Outlook
How to upgrade from Outlook Express to Outlook

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I made this change about a month ago, and following a thread here, I did what SD says, and followed the ms advice. It all worked fine, despite my normal ability to cock up anything to do with puters.
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OE to Outlook. Is it worth it do you think ? Outlook has such a reputation as a resource hog. Thought about doing it but chickened out. Would be interested to know how you get on.
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If the only alternative is Windows Live Mail on Win 7 / Vista, then YES!

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OE to Outlook. Is it worth it do you think ? Outlook has such a reputation as a resource hog. Thought about doing it but chickened out. Would be interested to know how you get on.
2010 is much much lighter
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Old 20th May 2011, 19:16
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Ta. Will give it a go thanks (sorry for thread hijack).
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Old 20th May 2011, 21:27
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My eternal worry with Outlook is that it puts (or put, I dunno) everything into one ginormous .pst file. I've seen them over 500mb in size.

One glitch, and all may be lost. It does backups if told to, but...

I recently migrated a friend from Outlook to Thunderbird, and she was amazed at the dfference. She didn't use the Outlook calendar, which would otherwise have been a major reason not to change.
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Windows 7 and Outlook Express are, I believe, incompatible?
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Regrettably so. The 'we know best' geeks at Micro$oft expect you either to us the utter pile of crap which is Windows Live Mail , or to use Outlook.

I've always used Outlook Express and still do - it's fine for my needs. Unfortunately a bug in Office 2007 means that Outlook Express cannot use its English spellchecker, you need to acquire one from a third party source.

Wretched Micro$oft - why do they insist on fixing what ain't broken!
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For me, using O is a bit like driving a tank when all I wanted was a Smart car. I was very happy with OE, and as I still use XP, that would have been fine.
However, persuaded by the sage types on here, I moved to O and it has, so far, been trouble free.......(at which point I'm touching the wooden desk AND my head).

Eventually I will have to move from XP, and 7 doesn't like OE............
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