WLM doesn't provide an option to import Outlook messages nor does Outlook provide the ability to export to WLM.
A few options are available but dependent upon your operating system
XP
Use Outlook Express to import Outlook messages, then use WLM to import from Outlook Express
Vista
Use Windows Mail to import Outlook messages, then use WLM to import from Outlook Express
All operating systems(XP, Vista, Windows 7)
1. If not having one, open IE and sign up for a Hotmail.com or Live.com email address/account at
https://signup.live.com
- click on the option 'Or get a Windows Live e-mail address'
2. Logon at mail.live.com to ensure the account, inbox and folder structure are setuip.
3. Create any additional folders in the web UI for later message management
- Hotmail web ui does not support nested folders at this time(it will in the future)
4. Sign out of the Hotmail account
5. Download and save the installer for the Outlook Hotmail Connector (OLHC)
Note: If Outlook 2010 both 32 bit and 64 bit versions are available(ie. if using Office 64 bit choose the latter)
32 bit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en
64 bit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displayLang=en
6. Close Outlook and IE
7. Install the OLHC, restart your machine
8. Open Outlook, add the Hotmail account to the OLHC
9. Close and Open Outlook(necessary to update the Outlook pst file and setup the account in the OHLC)
10. Copy(not move) messages from the Outlook folders to the Hotmail account folders
11. Double check that all necessary messages have been copied to the Hotmail account folder
12. Perform a send and receive on the Hotmail account to upload messages to the Hotmail server
- do not interrupt the process. depending upon the quantity it may take some time
13. Once complete open IE and logon at mail.live.com and inspect/review the folders/messages
- if not all their the upload process was aborted prematurely or still in process
14. Close both IE and Outlook
15. Setup the Hotmail account in WLM using the default settings(do not setup manually as a Pop3 account)
16. Perform a Send and Receive in WLM(this will download all messages from the Hotmail web UI into WLM and allow WLM to save all locally and build is message store and update its message index)
17. Copy/Move messages to user created folders in your email account or user created folders in WLM's storage folders (your objective was to get your OL messages into WLM, not into a Hotmail account in WLM)
18. Once complete, the Hotmail account can be removed from Outlook and the OLHC uninstalled
- note: ***Do NOT*** uninstall the OLHC unless the Hotmail account has been removed in Outlook
19. If you don't need the Hotmail account in WLM, it can be removed.
20. If you don't need the Hotmail messages stored on the Hotmail server, logon at mail.live.com and delete them
Note: Only do step 18-20 after you are certain your messages reside outside of the Hotmail account in WLM.
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"Jack Gillis" wrote in message news:...
I have many messages saved in Outlook 2010 format scattered in folders. Is
there any way I can import them into Live Mail? I don't mind doing them one
by one. Many of them probably need to be culled out anyway.
Thank you.
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