[X4U] Mail Import Question

[Bob Aldridge]

Thanks for the info. I ran across a program called Outlook2Mac  
(macwindows.com) and it has helped alot. Seems my original WIN98 file  
is damaged, so I was never able to get the mail to transfer, so maybe  
that was the problem. --Bob

--Bob
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Milton van der Veen wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Thanks for the idea ... I have a similar situation and your  
> solution looks like a good one. It seems that no one replied to  
> your query so I'll take a stab at it.
>
> Could it be a permissions problem? You might want to check the file  
> and see if you have read/write privileges. Otherwise, I wonder if  
> the file needs to be inside the Mail folder or at least a folder to  
> which you have permission. Just a thought.
>
> Milton
>
> On Feb 13, 2006, at 12:58 AM, Bob Aldridge wrote:
>
>> I'm hoping one of you out there has done this and can tell me what  
>> I'm doing wrong.
>>
>> I'm trying to convert mail from Outlook Express (WIN 98) to  
>> Mail.app. (10.4.4)
>>
>> I know that Mail.app will import mail in the .mbox format, so on  
>> the PC I installed Thunderbird and imported the mail to Thunderbird.
>>
>> Then I copied the converted mail file over a network to the iMac G5.
>>
>> Ran Mail.app, import but the Thunderbird file is "greyed out", and  
>> Mail.app won't let me import it.
>>
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