Outlook E-Mail Accounts- IMPORTING

Poltonis · External Since: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 8

I want to back-up the settings for my email Accounts in Outlook (2003).
Under File> Import/Export> there is an option to Import Internet Mail
Account Settings... but from where? Cannot locate the option to "export".
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Details:
System: Windows XP Pro SP2
Processor: Pentium III - 650 MHz
Memory: 512 Mb RAM
MsOffice: Version 2003

Rgds
Poltonis
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Gordon · External Since: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 89

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:03:27 -0800, Poltonis wrote:

> I want to back-up the settings for my email Accounts in Outlook (2003).
> Under File> Import/Export> there is an option to Import Internet Mail
> Account Settings... but from where? Cannot locate the option to "export".

I believe that Start-All programs-Microsoft Office-Save My Settings will
do this.....

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Poltonis · External Since: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 8

Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.
--

Rgds
Poltonis
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"Gordon" wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:03:27 -0800, Poltonis wrote:
>
> > I want to back-up the settings for my email Accounts in Outlook (2003).
> > Under File> Import/Export> there is an option to Import Internet Mail
> > Account Settings... but from where? Cannot locate the option to "export".
>
> I believe that Start-All programs-Microsoft Office-Save My Settings will
> do this.....
>
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>

Gordon · External Since: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 89

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:

> Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
> Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
> The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
> looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.

Sorry, AFAIK there's no way to do this in Outlook 2003......

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] · External Since: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 21627

Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Gordon" <gordon DeleteThis @localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.06.13.19.40.788877@localhost.localdomain...
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:
>
>> Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
>> Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
>> The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
>> looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.
>
> Sorry, AFAIK there's no way to do this in Outlook 2003......
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>

Poltonis · External Since: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 8

Would not have thought of that for all the world!
These Forums are great: a novice like myself has learnt a lot through them.
Thanks for sharing the info and your time: will try it out.
--

Rgds
Poltonis
------------------------

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Gordon" <gordon.RemoveThis@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.06.13.19.40.788877@localhost.localdomain...
> > On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
> >> Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
> >> The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
> >> looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.
> >
> > Sorry, AFAIK there's no way to do this in Outlook 2003......
> >
> > --
> > Gordon Burgess-Parker
> > Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> > www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> >
>

Gordon · External Since: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 89

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:

> Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
> Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
> The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
> looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.

the only way I can think of that MIGHT work, is to import the mail
settings into Outlook Express (if that's possible) and then export as an
..iaf file. Then reverse the process to restore.

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Poltonis · External Since: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 8

Thanks again Gordon for your input.
--

Rgds
Poltonis
------------------------

"Gordon" wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:
>
> > Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
> > Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
> > The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
> > looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.
>
> the only way I can think of that MIGHT work, is to import the mail
> settings into Outlook Express (if that's possible) and then export as an
> ..iaf file. Then reverse the process to restore.
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>

Gordon · External Since: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 89

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:31:06 -0500, Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:

> Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.

Doesn't it strike you as really weird the functions that work well in one
version of an app that are left out of a successor? I'd love to read the
mind of whoever decided that email account settings shouldn't be easily
transferred between machines.......

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] · External Since: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 21627

The middlin' support for .iaf files was related to the horrible IMO mode in Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000. A lot of us try to pretend that IMO never existed. It was a stopgap measure that created tons of support headaches.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Gordon" <gordon.DeleteThis@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.06.15.08.21.121032@localhost.localdomain...
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:31:06 -0500, Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
>
>> Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.
>
> Doesn't it strike you as really weird the functions that work well in one
> version of an app that are left out of a successor? I'd love to read the
> mind of whoever decided that email account settings shouldn't be easily
> transferred between machines.......
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>

Fustrated Microsoft User · External Since: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 9

Cannot agree more!!!

> I'd love to read the mind of whoever

Are you not too generous to credit this person (if it is a person) with a
mind?

--
Fustrated Bill

"Gordon" wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:31:06 -0500, Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
>
> > Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.
>
> Doesn't it strike you as really weird the functions that work well in one
> version of an app that are left out of a successor? I'd love to read the
> mind of whoever decided that email account settings shouldn't be easily
> transferred between machines.......
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>

Fustrated Microsoft User · External Since: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 9

And how do you call the feeling in my head trying to manage the two dozen
e-mail accounts each one specific to a country and/or an ISP?

Or should I consider keeping them all "active". How long will it take to
send/receive e-mails with all the error messages.

You may be right, the pain is way lower at the bottom of my spine.

--
Fustrated Bill

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> The middlin' support for .iaf files was related to the horrible IMO mode in Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000. A lot of us try to pretend that IMO never existed. It was a stopgap measure that created tons of support headaches.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Gordon" <gordon DeleteThis @localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.06.15.08.21.121032@localhost.localdomain...
> > On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:31:06 -0500, Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.
> >
> > Doesn't it strike you as really weird the functions that work well in one
> > version of an app that are left out of a successor? I'd love to read the
> > mind of whoever decided that email account settings shouldn't be easily
> > transferred between machines.......
> >
> > --
> > Gordon Burgess-Parker
> > Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> > www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> >
>

blb · External Since: Sep 01, 2009 Posts: 1

this appears to be for XP; I am on 2003; does it work differently?

--
blb

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Actually, it can be done, by making a copy of the .ini file that the wizard uses to determine what to save, modifying it to handle only the WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles key (which is relatively easy to find in the .ini file), and invoking the wizard with that particular file. Details in the ORK -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362571033.aspx. It looks a lot more complicated than it is.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Gordon" <gordon.RemoveThis@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.06.13.19.40.788877@localhost.localdomain...
> > On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:35:29 -0800, Poltonis wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you Gordon for your reply: while this helps in backing up all Office
> >> Settings, what I was looking for were specific areas (as in email accounts).
> >> The save / Restore My Settings is too generic - it restore all. What I was
> >> looking for was more like a pst file for email accounts.
> >
> > Sorry, AFAIK there's no way to do this in Outlook 2003......
> >
> > --
> > Gordon Burgess-Parker
> > Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> > www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> >
>

Stryed · External Since: Nov 07, 2009 Posts: 6

Hello,

I am sorry, I didn't find a way to start a new thread in this forum. I
searched the pages with the browser search for words like thread, new, post,
ask, question, and others alike, but nothing. Either I'm blind or it is quite
well hidden.

To my problem, now, please.

After a clean install of Windows 7, I installed Office 2007. I also
installed Windows Live Mail to use it as an intermediate to import mail
accounts. Therefore, I imported all my many e-mail accounts to Windows Live
Mail from previously saved IAF files. Until here all worked as expected. The
problem is that now, when I try to "Import internet mail account settings"
from Windows Live Mail to Outlook it just answers "No internet accounts were
found to import". Or is this forum dead and replaced with a new one, which I
couldn't find

Can someone please instruct me on how to overcome this problem?

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outl · External Since: Jan 08, 2009 Posts: 981

"Stryed" <Stryed DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6045D47B-18C7-462D-8F67-1D7B64666E07@microsoft.com...

> I am sorry, I didn't find a way to start a new thread in this forum. I
> searched the pages with the browser search for words like thread, new, post,
> ask, question, and others alike, but nothing. Either I'm blind or it is
> quite
> well hidden.

Use a real newsreader and this problem will never recur.

I haven't played enough with Windows Live Mail and Outlook to be able to
answer the mail question.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Bob I · External Since: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 531

Right below "Search For", is the word "New". Click that, and select
"Question".

Stryed wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am sorry, I didn't find a way to start a new thread in this forum. I
> searched the pages with the browser search for words like thread, new, post,
> ask, question, and others alike, but nothing. Either I'm blind or it is quite
> well hidden.
>
> To my problem, now, please.
>
> After a clean install of Windows 7, I installed Office 2007. I also
> installed Windows Live Mail to use it as an intermediate to import mail
> accounts. Therefore, I imported all my many e-mail accounts to Windows Live
> Mail from previously saved IAF files. Until here all worked as expected. The
> problem is that now, when I try to "Import internet mail account settings"
> from Windows Live Mail to Outlook it just answers "No internet accounts were
> found to import". Or is this forum dead and replaced with a new one, which I
> couldn't find
>
> Can someone please instruct me on how to overcome this problem?

Stryed · External Since: Nov 07, 2009 Posts: 6

Hello Brian,

You have helped me before and talked about your Yahoo mail account. It came
up I can't recall why.I had another nick. I hope you are doing fine.

Thank you for your tip. I'll follow your advice.

About transferring e-mail accounts, I have always done it with the IAF
files. These files can always be installed on Outlook and Windows Mail. I
can't understand why Outlook 2007 does not "see" them now. I hope someone
else will be kind and tell me how to solve this unexpected problem.

Thanks again.

Stryed · External Since: Nov 07, 2009 Posts: 6

Hello Brian,

You have helped me before and talked about your Yahoo mail account. It came
up I can't recall why.I had another nick. I hope you are doing fine.

Thank you for your tip. I'll follow your advice.

About transferring e-mail accounts, I have always done it with the IAF
files. These files can always be installed on Outlook and Windows Mail. I
can't understand why Outlook 2007 does not "see" them now. I hope someone
else will be kind and tell me how to solve this unexpected problem.

Thanks again.

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outl · External Since: Jan 08, 2009 Posts: 981

"Stryed" <Stryed.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1551497E-BFE1-4A24-BD74-048ED296BBE9@microsoft.com...

> About transferring e-mail accounts, I have always done it with the IAF
> files. These files can always be installed on Outlook and Windows Mail. I
> can't understand why Outlook 2007 does not "see" them now. I hope someone
> else will be kind and tell me how to solve this unexpected problem.

The ability to import an IAF file into Outlook has not existed since Outlook
2000 in IMO mode. No later version of Outlook could import IAF files.
Instead, Outlook 2002, 2003, and 2007 should be able to import internet
account settings from a properly configured Outlook Express. I thought that
importing from Windows Mail was possible as well, but I haven't tried it
myself. I don't think it's possible to import from Windows Live Mail, though.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Stryed · External Since: Nov 07, 2009 Posts: 6

Well, Brian, thank you for the tip.

However, I stayed without an answer. I add a related new question:

Does the Outlook 2007 "Import internet mail account settings" function work
with Windows Live Mail as it did with Outlook Express and Windows Mail, or is
it a new gift from Microsoft disabling the function just to make our lives
easier? Or else, am I having an issue?

All help clarifying this point will be very welcome?

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Stryed" <Stryed.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6045D47B-18C7-462D-8F67-1D7B64666E07@microsoft.com...
>
> > I am sorry, I didn't find a way to start a new thread in this forum. I
> > searched the pages with the browser search for words like thread, new, post,
> > ask, question, and others alike, but nothing. Either I'm blind or it is
> > quite
> > well hidden.
>
> Use a real newsreader and this problem will never recur.
>
> I haven't played enough with Windows Live Mail and Outlook to be able to
> answer the mail question.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> .
>