Article ID: 206758
Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q206758
NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Internet Mail Only option. To determine your installation type, click
About Microsoft Outlook on the
Help menu. If you have the Internet Mail Only option installed, you see "Internet Mail Only".
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
SYMPTOMS
After importing items created in Eudora to the Address Book in Microsoft Outlook, recipients defined in Eudora Nicknames may be imported as individual items with strange entries consisting of shifted elements of the e-mail addresses in the Name field of both the Contacts and Address Book.
CAUSE
Eudora uses primarily e-mail addresses in Nicknames, so Outlook uses the e-mail address elements to make a name for the Contact. Names must be manually entered in place of the incorrect names since the Eudora Nicknames use only addresses.
RESOLUTION
Importing Addresses Using the Windows Address Book
An alternate method of converting addresses from the Eudora Nicknames list
is to use the import function of the Windows Address Book (WAB). To import
using the WAB, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run and then type WAB in the Open box.
- On the File menu of the Address Book, click Import and then Address Book.
- Click to select "Eudora Pro or Light Address Book (through v3.01)." Click OK.
- On the Tools menu, click Options and click to select, Share contact information among Microsoft Outlook and other applications. Address book data will be stored in the Microsoft Outlook Contact Store. This option ensures that the WAB addresses appear in Contacts.
- To use a Group converted from a Eudora Nickname list, open a new mail message and click To. Select the Group or Contact from the list.
MORE INFORMATION
The name entry for the Eudora nickname may be entered in the Full Name and File As fields in the Outlook Contact. For example, if your Nickname for a recipient whose name is John Doe is JohnD and the SMTP address is "someone@microsoft.com", the converted result in the Contact form may show entries in the Full Name and File As fields of "JohnD."
Eudora Nicknames which contain more than one Internet address are converted during the import process as Personal Distribution Lists.
REFERENCES
Eudora is manufactured by Qualcomm, Inc., a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this
product's performance or reliability.
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