Can Mail Import MS Outlook .PST Files?

The only way of doing it is running a Windows utility
called 'Outlook2Mac', so you'd either need access to
a Windows machine, or a copy of Virtual PC.

Thanks Pingu for your reply. I do have a copy of VPC ver.7 that will work on my Powerbook (but not on my Intel iMac) so I will need to install it. I had left VPC off the Powerbook because it runs slow as molassas in January, even though my PB is a fully maxxed-out-RAM, 1.5 gHz G4. But if it will allow me to run a program that will let me get my emails, I guess I will try it.

Thanks again.

I went ahead and installed VPC, then updated it to version 7.0.2 so it would run right in OS X 10.4.5.

I then downloaded and installed Outlook2Mac, with a CD containing a .PST in the drive.

O2M told me it couldn't find the Outlook PROGRAM so it wouldn't work. So I had to exit.

Apparently just the .PST is not enough - you need the Outlook program as well - in my case in a VPC/WinXP environment. Ah well...

http://www.riches.com.au/articles/export-outlook-entou
rage.htm

Try reading this article, I think you'll find it
interesting.

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Bronson

Thanks Bronson. Interesting article. But the procedure in the article still requires that you have a PC to begin with - which I don't.

But anyway, as luck would have it, my son - a student - has MS Office 2003 (Windows version, which includes Outlook 2003) Student/Teacher edition, the license for which allows for use on three computers at home. There was one license left so I installed it in my VPC/WinXP environment. It was flawless! I then imported the .PSTs, without any problem. Finally, I ran O2M (again, in my VPC /WinXP environment) and converted the files. So, problem solved! 🙂 🙂

Thanks again - to you and everyone else that weighed in.

go here, download it. un tar it. compile it and then
in terminal run the command "./readpst -r
yourfilename.pst" and then go into mail and import as
"other" then select the output folder for the readpst
file and then mail will do the rest.

Thanks Ryan for the reply. But your reply doesn't say where "here" is, or what "it" is. Also, I have no "readpst" files, only .pst files.

Can you specify? Thanks.