Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
On 6/13/03, at 5:49 AM, PowerMail Engineering wrote: I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. It should work with PM 4.1.3 It does!! Thanks. I hadn't checked since the new update. Fred
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. It should work with PM 4.1.3 Jérôme - PowerMail Engineering - PowerMail un excellent produit, très bien protégé et qui équipe ma boîte depuis deux ans... Tout le monde apprécie la qualité quasi sans failles de cette application professionnelle... PowerMail user comment on www.cuk.ch Download a demo version from www.ctmdev.com -
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:24:37 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if an applescript could be written that would have PM use the Now Contact database as the address book? I don't know, but you can drag and drop an email address from PowerMail into a Now Contact detail window.
Re(6): Strategy for leaving Entourage
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/ default?user=berkowit28templatefn=Fi leSharing.htmlaff=consumercty=USlang=en -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:53:35 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(6): Strategy for leaving Entourage
The developer's email address : Paul Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:53:35 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(5): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe all I did was to export Entourage address list to tab or comma delimited text file (from the Export menu) and Import to Address Book. It worked fine. I tried that but I'm getting a lot of fields in the wrong places with this approach. Now Contact has more fields than Apple's Address book, so for my needs, I could use the sync to Apple's AB for most simple uses [phone number to call someone, e.g., address to mail something], but I need to be able to import a clean file. For example, I had the import put my local newspaper's fields all as work work work even for their name fields... I was able to import a modified addressbook into Now Contact, losing only the categories and groups of Entourage. Perhaps you can export a clean file from Now Contact? I emailed PowerOn and they said the sync function with AppleAB would not be available for months. Jeff -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(4): Strategy for leaving Entourage
And: Users of Export-Import Entourage X might like to know about: Sync Entourage-Address Book 1.0.0 in Unicode* Synchronizes Entourage X and Apple's Address Book in OS 10.2.2 and later. Sync Entourage-Address Book allows you to maintain Entourage as your centralized Personal Information Manager while at the same time taking advantage of the direct access provided to Fax programs, iSync, iChat, iPod, the new .Mac Address Book, and more by OS X's Address Book. All Entourage fields sync to Address Book and back, with unmapped Entourage fields recorded in Address Book Notes, and Address Book's Instant Messenger fields mapped to Entourage Custom Fields if desired. You can keep both applications in constant synchronization by running the script at any time, or automatically. * Sync Entourage-Address Book is optimized for Unicode and will work with all languages and alphabets (Cyrillic/Russian, Japanese, etc.). Shareware ($15), with free Demo mode and Limited mode ($6.50). It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 02:20:11 +0200 Mirko Kranenburg wrote: Maybe this can help: A free update v1.2.6 for Export-Import Entourage X and 2001 is available at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ . Version 1.2.7 Updater This is a free update to Export-Import Entourage X v1.2.6. If you have paid the shareware fee, you need your Activation Code. It will also work with the Demo. If you do not yet have Export-Import Entourage X, or you are updating an earlier version than 1.2.6, get the full v1.2.7 at http://www.applescriptcentral.com instead. If you have already been using some of the scripts, you can still replace the whole set for free but would have to set any saved options again. v1.2.7 fixes bugs in three scripts: the EvX Calendar to Outlook converter, Excel Merge Columns X, and Excel Import Adapter X. EvX Calendar to Outlook did not transfer all-day and multi-day events correctly from Entourage to Outlook: they ended up in Outlook as timed events whose end date and time was the same as the start date and time (less than a second). Excel Merge Columns X would not merge Date and Time columns if Excel had formatted them as Date format (which it does for all the most common ways of displaying dates and times) rather than as text format. Excel Import Adapter X would make multi-day all-day events (with banners) one day too short, and could create further errors if any all-day events imported into Entourage were exported again by script. A new utility script File Type to Text is also provided for text files which are dimmed in the 'Choose File' dialog (usually after exporting from one Mac to another by CD without stuffing first): just drag the files onto this script application and they will become selectable. Update Installation ! The scripts do not have the version number 1.2.7 in its name because it would stop the Reset Dialogs scripts from working. € If you have v1.2.6, you can: Put the EvX Calendar to Outlook into the Outlook Converters X subfolder in Export-Import Entourage X-125 folder, replacing the earlier version. Put Excel Merge Columns X and Excel Import Adapter X scripts into the Xcel Extras subfolder in the Export-Import Entourage X-126 folder, replacing the earlier versions. Run Unlock All Scripts-126 again and enter your Activation Code, or just enter your Activation Code the first time you run each of the updated scripts. € if you have an earlier version: Do the full update, after downloading the full Export-Import Entourage X v1.2.7 set at http://www.applescriptcentral.com. You must do this if you have a version earlier than 1.2.6. Run the Unlock All Scripts-127 as per the Installation instructions, after replacing the the Export-Import X subfolder in your Entourage Script Menu Items folder with the new version. What's new in v1.2.7 € EvX Calendar to Outlook € Excel Merge Columns X € Excel Import Adapter X € File Type to Text € EvX Calendar to Outlook : When exporting from Entourage to Outlook (not vice versa), this converter did not transfer all-day and multi-day events correctly: they ended up in Outlook as timed events whose end date and time was the same as the start date and time (less than a second). And a timed event extended onto a second day would error in Outlook since if its end date were this earlier than it s start date, or would be confined to one day otherwise. Fixed in v1.2.7: all events will be correct in Outlook. € Excel Merge Columns X did not merge Date and Time columns if Excel had formatted them as Date format (which it does for all the most common ways of
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
I wonder if an applescript could be written that would have PM use the Now Contact database as the address book? I'm not much of a script writer so any of those with the power to script have any thoughts? Fred
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
you want to export vcards. try simple drag and drop of groups from the entourage address book. also, check out version tracker, there are a lot of shareware and freeware utilities, and one was to sync entourage with the address book if I remember rightly. ---marlyse What is the LDIF format for addresses? And how can I export from Entourage to LDIF to import to Address Book to sync with PM?
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? how about using apples address book in conjunction with PM - seems to work fine as far as I can tell, the sync'ing of it, but I do not rely on it and don't use it heavily, so I can't say for sure. ---marlyse
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
On 6/12/03, at 7:42 PM, Jefferis Peterson wrote: I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? I too was using Entourage but left only b/c of stories from others that they would lose the entire database and emails. I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. However, if I'm sending to only one person at a time, it works fine. Groups can be set up as an alternative. With Now Contact there are Categories and unlimited keywords. Searching is lightning fast. I did a sync of my Entourage contacts into Now Contact so everything was carried over. Everything is not as integrated as it was with Entourage and Word but it's a small price to pay for stability. With Now Contact I just double click on a contact and it opens up the file with name, address, phone, email, etc. I click on the email and PM opens up with their name and email address. I find it quite simple. Plus it will log the type of correspondence sent. The other alternative is to set up a FileMaker Pro database (instead of Now Contact). The PowerMail address book is the OS X address book and you can put in phone numbers. Is PM perfect? No. But neither is Entourage or any other program. I switched a few months ago. Fred -- 667 TiBook G4 OS X 10.2.6 768 MB Ram PM 4.1.3
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PM can sync with Apples Address Book. If that suits your needs, just browse the Preferences of PowerMail and set the appropriate options (i.e. opening contact opens Apple Address book) All in the synchronisation-tab. What is the LDIF format for addresses? And how can I export from Entourage to LDIF to import to Address Book to sync with PM? :-) Jeff -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
PM can sync with Apples Address Book. If that suits your needs, just browse the Preferences of PowerMail and set the appropriate options (i.e. opening contact opens Apple Address book) All in the synchronisation-tab. -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:42:45 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? Jeff Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com
Strategy for leaving Entourage
I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? Jeff Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com
