I don't know if this will help, but the 10.2.3 upgrade also updated
Mail. I just checked the Import option and it says that Mail will
import the following mailboxes:
Entourage
Outlook Express
Claris Emailier (2.0v3)
Netscape (4.0+)
Eudora
Mail for Mac OS X
Standard mbox files
I don't have Entourage, so I could not follow it through very far to
see what all would be imported.
Jerry
On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 12:14 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> My first email program was Claris emailer - it was FREE. At some point
> I
> wanted a more modern program (I don't remember why?) and started using
> OE.
> It was FREE.
>
> I am not interested in a $200 + multifaceted program just to run
> email. I
> use Appleworks for most everything else. I will continue to use OE till
> something better comes along. I am not adverse to paying for an email
> program, but it's got to be the right program!
>
> And Ward you are right. I have over 500 names in my address book
> including
> about two dozen group lists. I also have over 50 rules to sort my mail
> into
> 30 different main mail boxes and an untold number of sub mail boxes
> (I'm
> anal, ok!). So any email program I gravitate to, will have to handle
> most of
> that or be so full featured and do as much as OE that I will be
> willing to
> spend the time to transfer my info from one to the other.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
> Harry
>
> ps, you would think, since Apple foisted OE on us, that they would have
> designed their mail program to import OE with little hassle. I think
> Apple's
> mail program is fine for folks just starting out.
>
> on 12/22/02 9:06 AM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote:
>
>> Harry,
>>
>> I'm not a big fan of Mail and the Address Book either, although you
>> will find some in the group extremely happy with them. I use
>> Entourage,
>> part of the Office X suite. I don't think there is a better
>> email/calendar/contacts product out there. Hindsight tells me that
>> you
>> probably should have purchased Office X when you bought your new iBook
>> for the special $199 deal thats going on (until the end of the year).
>>
>> However, the fixes for your problems are rather simple but I'm
>> guessing
>> that you have 1000 entries in your address book so redoing your groups
>> is something you're trying to avoid. I'm also not aware of any rules
>> import problems. But you must be really unhappy for you to resort to
>> Classic.
>>
>> Try keyword searches for mail and address book at:
>> http://www.macosxhints.com/
>> The site is full of tips (as well as this user group). Don't give up
>> prematurely until you've exhausted your resources.
>>
>> Ward Oldham
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 01:16 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've spent a couple of hours importing mailboxes and addresses into
>>> the mail
>>> application and the address book app.
>>>
>>> And I don't like them. Mail boxes import into a separate folder. I
>>> haven't
>>> found a way to import all my rules.
>>>
>>> The address book sucks! Groups that I set up in OE no longer exist.
>>> So
>>> I'm
>>> using OE in classic.
>>>
>>> If anyone know of an OS X mail program that does a better job
>>> ofimporting
>>> mailboxes, addresses, and rules, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Harry,
>>>
>>>
>>> Harry Jacobson-Beyer
>>> Surveyor of the Passing Scene!
>>>
>>> http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/
>>> What a strange, long, trip it is!
>>>
>>> remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how
>>> fast
>>> you go coming down!
>>>
>>>
>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January
>>> 28
>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>
>
> Harry,
>
>
> Harry Jacobson-Beyer
> Surveyor of the Passing Scene!
>
> http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/
> What a strange, long, trip it is!
>
> remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how
> fast
> you go coming down!
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
