| For those of you who have used other e-mail clients in the past and are just now upgrading to Outlook as your e-mail software, you may want to import your e-mail settings and even your mail messages from another e-mail software package that is installed on your computer. Outlook can import e-mail accounts, messages, and other data such as contacts. Outlook can import e-mail accounts and messages from Outlook Express and Eudora. | | Settings from Previous Versions of Outlook Used by Outlook 2003 When you upgrade a previous version of Outlook to Outlook 2003, settings, accounts, and preferences that you made in the previous version of Outlook are used in Outlook 2003. | Data can also be imported from other programs used to manage calendars and contacts such as Act! and Lotus Organizer. Let's take a look at the steps used to import e-mail settings into Outlook 2003. -
Select the File menu, point at Import and Export , and then select Standard . The Import and Export Wizard will appear. -
On the Import and Export Wizard screen, select Import Internet E-mail Account Settings and then select Next . -
The next wizard screen (which starts the Internet Connection Wizard) provides a list of e-mail clients that you have installed on your computer (see Figure 1.5). Select the e-mail client that contains the settings. Click Next to continue. Figure 1.5. You can import settings from other e-mail clients. -
The next screen asks you to provide the name that you want to appear in the From box when you send e-mail. Type the name (or go with the default, which is imported from the other e-mail client) and then click Next to continue. -
Your e-mail account will appear on the next screen (as it was set up for the e-mail client). Click Next to continue. -
On the next screen the e-mail servers for the account will appear (the POP and SMTP servers). Click Next to continue. -
On the next screen, the account name you used for e-mail will appear. You also have to enter your e-mail password. Click Next . -
The next screen shows the connection type that you use to connect to the Internet such as a phone line or a LAN connection. Check to make sure these settings are correct and then click Next . -
The final screen will appear, letting you know that all the information needed has been collected. Click Finish . The imported e-mail account settings will be added to Outlook. If you also want to import mail messages or contacts from the other e-mail client, run the Import and Export Wizard again and make the appropriate choices. |