Import mail to outlook

I am trying to get started using an HP computer with Windows 8.1, and must use Outlook as my mail app. The problem is I need to transfer lots of filed messages from my old computer from Windows Mail. I can export those messaages to Outlook on my old computer, but how do I get the messages to my Windows 8.1 computer? There is no connectio between the two computers.

Jharveyald, sounds like you got it worked out. Good to hear.
Dragon, ya I almost forgot myself as I dont use that stuff but I accidentally found some old notes about it.
I try to keep notes of fixes I find here and there and its getting to the point that I cant find what Im looking for anymore.
I gotta get a better filing system. LOL

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How do I import mail from Outlook 2010?

When I try to import my emails from Outlook 2010 I get the following message:
"An error occurred importing mail from Outlook
Unable to find mail to import. Check to make sure the mail application is correctly installed on this machine."

You'll need to do it from a 32bit version - Mail/Live mail do not recongise outlook 2010 64 bit. Dropping EML files into Outlook folder has always created new messages with attachments - this is nothing new.
ETA: if you can email the messages as attachments, you can drag them from the message and drop them in the Inbox. This obviously works best if there aren't hundreds of messages to convert. :)
There are 3rd party utilties that can make the conversion but they may not work with the 64bit version. See http://www.slipstick.com/config/convmsg.htm for a list of programs that can make the conversion but i don't know if any of them work with 64bit outlook.
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

I WANT TO IMPORT MAIL FROM OUTLOOK TO TALKTALK

i want to direct mail from outlook to talktalk.

Do you mean Outlook, the application included with Microsoft Office, or Outlook Express, the application included with Windows XP, or Outlook.com, the new incarnation of Hotmail/Windows Live Mail?
Does talktalk have documentation on importing mail? Or on forwarding your old address to your new address?
I suspect Firefox is not at the center of the process in any case.

Import mail from Outlook 2013 to firefox does not complete

Hi and thanks,
I am trying to move away from Windows Office 2013 - Firefox is good but unless I can import all of my mail, contacts and calender a problem.
I have followed instructions to import mail - but only inbox and deleted items come across, I have some 40 folders full of mail I want to import - it seems as if the import process gets held up at about 10% - does this take hours or should it be relatively quick?
Cheers Nick

Ok this is filed under Thunderbird, so I will assume your references to Firefox are in error.
You appear to have added your account as POP. Try adding it as IMAP.
File menu (Alt+F) >new>existing mail account
now delete the old pop mail account, once everything arrives from the server.
Tools menu ALT+T) > account settings and use the account actions button at the bottom of the list.

How do I import mails from Outlook into Mail on my McBook Pro ?

Hi there,
I'm running Outlook:mac 2011 on my MacBook Pro and I would like to import all of my mails (with all the folders) from Outlook:mac 2011 into Mail. I can't find the appropriate format neither in the export formats in Outlook nor in the import formats in Mail. I would like to use only Mail in the future but I can't afford losing all my actual mails.
Thanks for you help
JeanDesVilles

Have a read here https://discussions.apple.com/message/15713244#15713244
Stefan

Importing mail from Outlook Express to Mail

I firewired my old Outlook Express program over from my iBook, which runs on OS 9.1, to my new Powerbook, but when I run the program in the classic environment it doesn't access the Messages cache. Instead, it shows no messages in the inbox, which means I have no way of importing all the old messages and the old address book from Express to Mail. Does anyone know how I might do this? Thanks.

I spent about 10 hours on this forum trying to find out how to export mail from MS Outlook on OS 9 and import the mail into Apple Mail OS X. I found a few threads with no specifics and I found a few knowledge base articles and finally succeeded. So here is the step by step workflow for anyone who needs to do the same:
1] On your old OS 9 Mac, locate the folder called Microsoft User Data -> Identities
2] Copy the Identities folder to your new OS X Mac (put in on the desktop temporarily)
3] Install OS 9 from your system disk on the new OS X Mac if it's not already installed
4] On your OS X Mac, go to OS 9 Applications, find MS Outlook and run the program. After it launches, quit the program (this is to create some needed files in your home directory)
5] On your OS X computer, go to your Home -> Documents -> Microsoft User Data, and trash the Identities folder
6] Drag the Identites folder that you put on the desktop (the one from the OS 9 Mac) and put drop it Home -> Documents -> Microsoft User Data (replacing the identities you just trashed)
7] Go back into OS 9 Applications (on your OS X Mac) and once again launch MS Outlook - you should now see all your mail in your inbox and sent items
8] Quit MS Outlook
9] Launch Apple Mail and use the FILE -> IMPORT MAILBOX function to begin the import process - follow the prompts
Good luck
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I can't import mails from Outlook 2003.

Importation (option in the Tools menu) crashes and generates an error notification. I have several folders in the inbox of my Outlook and archived old messages (in different pst files). Could it be the reason for the failure?

Thank you very much.
I uninstalled Version 31, install version 24 and it works. I could import all the messages (several folders and different pst archives). I could not import email account configuration but it was not a big problem to configure de accounts manually in TB.
After all, I installed again version 31 and now I have all my emails in the last TunderBird version and all the add-ons working fine.
Now I can forget my Outlook 2003.
I am very grateful for the help you have given me.
It would be perfect if I found some way to sincronize my ThunderBird contacts with my contacts in the android smartphone.

How do I import mail from outlook (windows) to mail in Mac?

Can anyone tell me how to get my windows-mail (program is Thunderbird) to the Mac? My Mac mail program is also Thunderbird but I can also use the Mac mail.
I hope you can help.
Thanx a lot,
Peter

Any time Petera - its a good little piece of software isn't it

I have imported contacts from Outlook to Mail and they have synced via iCloud to my iPhone 3GS. I can't get my iPhone to make a call using these contacts but if I dial the number of any of the contacts on the keypad, the call DOES work! Help me please!?

I have imported contacts from Outlook to Mail and they have synced via iCloud to my iPhone 3GS. I can't get my iPhone to make a call using these contacts (it tries but then says call ended) but if I dial the number of any of the contacts on the keypad, the call DOES work! Help me please - is there something I need to do to the contacts because tehy came from Outlook? Thanks

Thank you for replying. Yes I deleted the old email address..

Import mails from microsoft outllook to mac outlook

Am trying to import mails from MS outlook to MAC outlook and its not importing all msgs/ folders..
adv why??

You're in luck, Imap and Exchange accounts store their data on the server.
Leave Outlook alone, just add the accounts to Mail and let them synchronize, no import required. You can leave them in Outlook or remove them as you please once everything in Mail is done.

Import apple mails to outlook 2011

Having trouble in moving my mails to outlook 2011 for mac.
Gone through a lot of forums and forum sites but none provided the right solution.
Tried the the IMAP procedure but it takes long time. Don't have that much time to waste.
Have got around 10000 mails and outlook impoet fundtion doesn't seem to work.
Need solutions that can quickly solve this problem of mine.
Waiting for useful help. Thank You

You can find a queue of solutions if you type the heading of your query in a suitable search engine like google or yahoo.
Basically you will need to convert the apple mail emails that are stored in .emlx format to .olm format that will require a converter tool.
here is one that I think might be helpful: http://mailexporterpro.com/

Import mail-adresses from outlook express to adressbook

hi, i'm very new on mac and this forum, i just switched from windows to a emac (OS X 10.3.9).
i had in my outlook express on windows, about 250 adresses and want to import them in my adressbook on my emac. but this programm just accepts vCard or LDIF ....! I cannot find any program, Word, Excel, AppleWorks6 that can create this format.
now it cannot be possible that I have to type all my adresses into the adressbook manually!!!! because working on a mac one cannot import from another program!
so please help me and tell me that i am mistaken.
thanks in advance, greetings from switserland
loek
emac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

since i got no answers, i tried to find out myself. in an german forum i found an answer: there exists a script to import adresses form outlook express.
pretty simple, but for a newcomer in mac pretty difficult and hidden.....
emac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Can not receive Mac mail -error Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct. Account name: "MacMail"

Can not receive Mac mail -error Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct. Account name: "MacMail"
What are the correct mail account settings and more importantly the correct DNS settings
Thank you for any help you may be able to provide
Cheers
Chris (iMac i7)

Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.
iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...
On second step where it asks "Description", it has to be a unique name, but you can still use your email address.
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
          •          Server name: imap.mail.me.com
          •          SSL Required: Yes
          •          Port: 993
          •          Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
          •          Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
          •          Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
          •          SSL Required: Yes
          •          Port: 587
          •          SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
          •          Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
          •          Password: Your iCloud password
Also, you must upgrade your password to meet the new criteria: 8 characters, including upper and lower case and numbers. If you have an older password that does not meet these criteria, when you try to setup mail on your mac, using all of the IMAP criteria listed above, it will still give a server error message. Go to   http://appleid.apple.com         then follow directions to change your password, then go back to setting up your mail using the IMAP instructions above.
Thanks to dpepper...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3867171?tstart=0

How to get All Mails from outlook

Hi am reading mail from outlook.. It reads only unread mails. But i want to read all mails. if any one knows please help me..My code is..
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class AllPartsClient {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Properties props = new Properties();
    String host = "myhost";
    String username = "myuser";
    String password = "mypass";
    String provider = "pop3";
    try {
      Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
      // Connect to the server and open the folder
      Store store = session.getStore(provider);
      store.connect(host, username, password);
      Folder folder = store.getFolder("INBOX");
      if (folder == null) {
        System.out.println("Folder " + folder.getFullName() + " not found.");
        System.exit(1);
    folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
      // Get the messages from the server
      Message[] messages = folder.getMessages();
      for (int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
        System.out.println("------------ Message " + (i+1)
         + " ------------");
        // Print message headers
        Enumeration headers = messages.getAllHeaders();
while (headers.hasMoreElements()) {
Header h = (Header) headers.nextElement();
System.out.println(h.getName() + ": " + h.getValue());
System.out.println();
// Enumerate parts
Object body = messages[i].getContent();
if (body instanceof Multipart) {
processMultipart((Multipart) body);
else { // ordinary message
processPart(messages[i]);
System.out.println();
// Close the connection
// but don't remove the messages from the server
folder.close(true);
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// Since we may have brought up a GUI to authenticate,
// we can't rely on returning from main() to exit
System.exit(0);
public static void processMultipart(Multipart mp)
throws MessagingException {
System.out.println("mp.getCount() = "+mp.getCount());
for (int i = 0; i < mp.getCount(); i++) {
processPart(mp.getBodyPart(i));
public static void processPart(Part p) {
try {
String fileName = p.getFileName();
String disposition = p.getDisposition();
String contentType = p.getContentType();
if (fileName == null && (Part.ATTACHMENT.equals(disposition)
|| !contentType.equalsIgnoreCase("text/plain"))) {
// pick a random file name. This requires Java 1.2 or later.
fileName = File.createTempFile("attachment", ".txt").getName();
if (fileName == null) { // likely inline
p.writeTo(System.out);
else {
File f = new File(fileName);
// find a version that does not yet exist
for (int i = 1; f.exists(); i++) {
String newName = fileName + " " + i;
f = new File(newName);
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f);
// We can't just use p.writeTo() here because it doesn't
// decode the attachment. Instead we copy the input stream
// onto the output stream which does automatically decode
// Base-64, quoted printable, and a variety of other formats.
InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(p.getInputStream());
int b;
while ((b = in.read()) != -1) out.write(b);
out.flush();
out.close();
in.close();
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
e.printStackTrace();
In this code if Content is Multipart then it is not displaying content..
Thanks

Hi
if i use String provider = "imap"; then it shows the following error message..
javax.mail.MessagingException: Connection refused: connect
at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:479)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
at javamail.AllPartsClient.main(AllPartsClient.java:39)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:232)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:189)
at com.sun.mail.iap.Protocol.<init>(Protocol.java:84)
at com.sun.mail.imap.protocol.IMAPProtocol.<init>(IMAPProtocol.java:87)
at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:446)
... 3 more
pls any one give idea

How do i import emails from outlook 2013 on windows 8.1?

I'm using the tools: import but i get the following error after i select the type of file that i would like to import (i select outlook):
Microsoft Office Outlook. Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.
I checked my windows settings. it says that outlook is the default mail client and outlook is running when i do this.
What is wrong?

Hi Willimo,
The main issue is to install the graphic driver software ,right ?
There are two ways to get the driver, automatically update from the windows update or manually download the driver from the manufacturer website and install it from the device manager.
Please refer to the following link :
Download and install drivers
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-hk/windows-8/all-drivers
Best regards
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