Windows Live Mail To Mac Mail....

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Windows Live Mail To Mac Mail....

Hey guys, I have bought a brand new 27" Imac and it is arriving tomorrow. I am backing up all my files onto a USB stick so i am ready. However i am a bit stuck with my email...

Im running Windows 7 with Windows Live Mail as my email client and i wanted to know how do i back up my contacts (saved as .contact files) and email's themselves into a format my Imac will accept?

Thanks

Windows 7

Posted on Aug 8, 2010 8:46 AM

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Jolly Giant

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Aug 8, 2010 9:10 AM in response to Craig02

how about this option: [_*Set up Windows Live Hotmail in Mail*_|http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090407112314693] ?

or, there is [_*Windows Live Mail to Mac Mail*_|http://www.movemyemail.com/windows-live-mail-to-mac-mail.php]

J GG

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Craig02 Author

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Aug 8, 2010 9:14 AM in response to Jolly Giant

Thanks for the reply but its not windows hotmail, Also i seen that software contained in second link but surely there has to be a free option?

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Jolly Giant

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Aug 8, 2010 9:21 AM in response to Craig02

Craig02 wrote:
Thanks for the reply but its not windows hotmail

fair 'nuff 😉

Also i seen that software contained in second link but surely there has to be a free option?

google is your friend ...

best of luck !

J GG

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den.thed

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Aug 8, 2010 9:46 AM in response to Craig02

Hi Craig02

Inside of Switch 101 > http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

scroll down and look at Migrating mail > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

see Transferring eMail from non-Mac computer > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1534

Dennis

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Craig02 Author

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Aug 8, 2010 9:52 AM in response to den.thed

Thanks, I have read that but windows live mail only allows you to export messages as .eml files

Does Mac Mail accept that format?

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den.thed

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Aug 8, 2010 10:36 AM in response to Craig02

Head on over to: *Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard > Mail and Address Book* section and pop your question there > http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1338

Not everyone in this section uses Mac Mail +(least I don't, all my mail stays on the AT&T Yahoo server)+ or much less Windows +(least I never had any use for it)+ or Windows Live?

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Craig02 Author

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Aug 8, 2010 10:46 AM in response to den.thed

Ok thanks will do 🙂

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Craig02 Author

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Aug 12, 2010 5:16 AM in response to Craig02

Ended up just forwarding the messages on

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JD_2010

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Aug 26, 2010 6:24 PM in response to Craig02

Hey guys,

http://www.windowslivemailconverter.com/mac/

you should try Windows Live to Mac mail converter. I just tried for my dad pc. he wan unable to convert windows live mail to my new Mac OS X 10 then i found this in google. it will help you to convert live mail to .mbox format you can import mbox file in mac mail.

If you have messages stored in another e-mail application, and that application can save the group of messages as an MBOX
A file type used to hold a collection of e-mail messages. MBOX files can be used both on Macintosh and Windows-based computers. file, you can import that set of messages into Entourage. An MBOX file has an .mbox extension.

1.On the File menu, click Import.
2.Click Contacts or messages from a text file, and then click the right arrow.
3.Click Import messages from an MBOX-format text file, and then click the right arrow.

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