Export-Import Entourage - 1.3.10

I bought the scripts through Kagi, but the registration key provided by Kagi did not work. Two emails to the developer, one sent directly and the other via Kagi, have resulted in complete silence.

Caveat emptor.

Stephen Moye

Beware what you get for your $20. I don't know how the other parts worked. For a conversion of Entourage to Outlook, including contacts, it was a very difficult task. The documentation was disorganized. I had to skip around a lot, then read and re-read passages trying to understand how to do what I needed to do. What's worse, one key passage assured me that I could import distribution lists into Outlook by re-classifying them as 'categories' then converting them back to distribution lists in Outlook. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE. After a lot of time wasted and then further research on the Internet, it became pretty clear that one is stuck with categories posing as distribution lists in Outlook, which is not very convenient. To add insult to injury, Berkowitz did't bother to answer four increasingly urgent emails to his address.

If you have a complicated situation, be prepared for a painful, dissatisfying process, at least for some of these conversions.

I tried using Export-Import Entourage script to move my mail and address data from Mac Entourage 2004 to Windows Outlook 2007. I’ve made it through most of the steps, but am having a bit of trouble getting my messages into Outlook.

I exported all the mail folders individually, changed the extensions to .mbx, imported them into Eudora (first Eudora 7 and then into Eudora 5.1, since I couldn’t get the data into Outlook from Eudora 7). When I open the .mbx files in Eudora, most of my mail messages seem to be there and all of the folders open, the .toc files are created, etc. and I can access the messages in Eudora. Oddly a few messages from the last few weeks of using Entourage are not included in my sent and inbox files, but I can get those with a separate date specific export.

However, when I try to import to Outlook Express or Outlook (I’ve tried both), things get messy.

If I try to go directly from Eudora 5.1 to Outlook, I get the following error message: “Mail folder could not be opened. If another application is using the file, please close it and try again.” Eudora is always closed when I try this. I’ve even tried rebooting my computer before importing to Outlook, but that doesn’t seem to help.

If I try to import into Outlook Express, only some of the folders import with any messages at all, so there is no point importing from Outlook Express to Outlook.

Any thoughts, feedback, help, etc. that you have would be much appreciated.

I had a csv downloaded from my school website that didn't work with the outlook to x converter, but i followed the directions somewhere that said convert csv to text via excel, then used the "other" pim converter to import it. (Also the kagi activation email was immediate.) Thank you so much, altho it hurt to pay $20 as a broke student I'm happy with the result. I also recognize the script author's name from other helpful advice I've found somewhere on the web when I had mac questions, so thanks for that too!

It looks like you can do a basic Entourage import/export just by copying the identity from '/Users/<user name>/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office X Identities/<identity name>' and replacing it into a new install.

Haven't tried the software, but if this is all you are looking to do, it might be worth looking in to.