Outlook Express and Netscape

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Outlook Express and Netscape

• How to do things, sound like you know how to do
  things, or just say you know how to do things

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Overview

• How to move users local mail and Address Book
  OE
• Multiple Identities OE
• IMAP Synchronization OE
• Configuration OE
• Netscape Kim Hirschenhofer

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Move Mail/Address Book OE

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• You can export mail directly into Outlook, make a
  .pst file and then reverse the process
• Or

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Outlook Express

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• right-click a local folder
• Choose properties
• Copy and paste the folder location into
  Start-gtRun (less the .dbx filename)

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Outlook Express

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• You will need to copy all the folders, not just
  your personal folders.
• OR you can copy just personal folders AND the
  file folders.dbx
• Store copy on backup media

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Outlook Express

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• Open OE and start Import Wizard
  (File-gtImport-gtMessages)
• Choose original version of mail content
• Choose to import mail from a store directory
• Select just the folders you want to import

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Outlook Express

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• Find your Address Book for WinXP (Documents and
  Settings\ltprofilegt\Application Data\Microsoft\Addr
  ess Book) or for Win98 (Windows\Application
  Data\Microsoft\Address Book Windows\Profiles\App
  lication Data\Microsoft\Address Book)
• Copy file to backup media

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Outlook Express

• Moving local mail and address book
• Mail stored in .dbx format
• Find location
• Copy all folders
• Open OE and Import
• Address Book

• Open OE, and choose File-gtImport-gtAddress Book
• Select the .wab file and import

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Multiple Identities OE

• You can create multiple identities in OE
• Each identity can be locked to a password
• Identities Profiles in Netscape

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Multiple Identities OE

• After creating your first identity, you can
• Add more by going to File-gtIdentities-gtManage
  Identities
• Configure options for each Identity by opening
  each one and choosing Tools-gtOptions and
  Tools-gtAccounts

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Multiple Identities OE

• In order to use Multiple Identities you must
• Choose exit and logoff to close identity.
• Or go to File-gtSwitch Identity
• http//www.udel.edu/topics/e-mail/oex/oexwin/twoid
  ent.html

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IMAP Synchronization OE

• You can sync folders in different ways.
• You can highlight the mail server name for the
  Synchronize option
• Right-click mail server name for option to reset
  list and view IMAP Folder list.

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Other Notes OE

• You cannot auto-complete addresses as you could
  in Netscape
• You can add UDs LDAP service under
  Tools-gtAccounts. Then type in a part of the
  address and click Check.
• Demo