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Windows Mail to Outlook

Hi

I have a newish PC running Vista which also comes with Windows Mail. I also have a laptop with Outlook. Is there any way I can transfer all of my Windows Mail into Outlook on the laptop? :confused:
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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    flyer wrote: »
    Hi

    I have a newish PC running Vista which also comes with Windows Mail. I also have a laptop with Outlook. Is there any way I can transfer all of my Windows Mail into Outlook on the laptop? :confused:

    See here for method.
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  • flyer
    flyer Posts: 2,288 Forumite
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    Thanks for that prompt advise. Unfortunately, I have already tried that but I get an alert "The export could not be performed. An error occured while initializing MAPI."
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • espresso
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    flyer wrote: »
    Thanks for that prompt advise. Unfortunately, I have already tried that but I get an alert "The export could not be performed. An error occured while initializing MAPI."

    More info here.
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  • flyer
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    I've had a good look around help and support but this error is only dealt with in Outlook Express, which I don't have!
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  • espresso
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    flyer wrote: »
    I've had a good look around help and support but this error is only dealt with in Outlook Express, which I don't have!

    The error "The export could not be performed. An error occured while initializing MAPI." relates to exporting the messages from Windows Mail, so the Outlook/Outlook Express is irrelevant at the moment.
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  • flyer
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    Reading further in Vista groups, it would appear you need to have Outlook installed on the Vista PC in order to do this. Defeats the object really!
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • espresso
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    flyer wrote: »
    Reading further in Vista groups, it would appear you need to have Outlook installed on the Vista PC in order to do this. Defeats the object really!

    Surely that is only if you want to transfer from Windows Mail to Outlook on the same machine! It is obviously possible to move mail from one machine to another.
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  • flyer
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    I would have thought so but people on microsoft forums say you need the "outlook plumbing"
    Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    flyer wrote: »
    I would have thought so but people on microsoft forums say you need the "outlook plumbing"

    That doesn't make sense to me. Before you could import the mail (into any program on any machine) you need to export it from Windows Mail. I have never used Windows Mail but have done similar exports on other OS's. It's when importing that the conversion is done by selecting the mail type.
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