Importing Your Eudora Mailboxes and Address Book into Outlook Express

Importing your mailboxes into Outlook Express and then into Outlook 2003 offers a couple of advantages over importing directly from Eudora:

  • The dates of the messages in the Out mailbox are retained.
  • If you keep your Eudora mailboxes on the H: drive, you don't have to move them to the C: drive first. Outlook Express will prompt you for the location of your mailboxes.

Import your Eudora Mailboxes into Outlook Express

  1. Launch Outlook Express.
  2. Select File | Import | Messages.
  3. Select Eudora Pro or Light (through v3.0).
Outlook Express Import
  1. Click Next.
  2. Click the Browse button on the "Location of Messages" screen.
  3. Select the folder where you keep your Eudora mailboxes (e.g., H:\eudora or C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora).

Outlook Express Import

  1. Click Next.
  2. On the "Select Folders" screen, select the individual maiboxes that you want to import. Select All folders or choose Selected folders (mailboxes).

Outlook Express Import - Selected Folders

  1. Click Next.
  2. Click Finish on the "Import Complete" screen.

Import your Eudora Address Book into Outlook Express

  1. Launch Outlook Express.
  2. Select File | Import | Other Address Book.
  3. From the list, select Eudora Pro or Light (through v3.0).
  4. Click Import.
  5. Click OK on the "Import address book process has completed" screen.
  6. Click Close on the "Address Book Import Tool" screen.

Import your Mailboxes and Address Book into Outlook 2003

  1. Launch Outlook 2003.
  2. Select File | Import and Export.
  3. Select Import Internet Mail and Addresses.
  4. Click Next.
    Outlook Import Tool
  5. Select Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x.
  6. Check the items you wish to import.
    Note: If you choose to import your address book, you may be prompted about duplicates — choose the option you wish to use and click OK.
  7. Click Finish.
  8. Click OK.

Note: The import process will import the Eudora mailboxes into your Hawkmail mailbox by default. If you wish to import directly into an Outlook Personal Folder (.pst) (recommended if you are importing alot of mail), you must temporarily change the location of your Hawkmail mailbox before doing the import.