Import your messages or account from Outlook to Outlook Express - Outlook

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Import your messages or account from Outlook to Outlook Express

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Applies to
Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 Microsoft Outlook® 2002

Microsoft Outlook® Express is a no-cost, basic e-mail program that is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Note Outlook Express can import messages only from the default message store in Outlook. You can import messages from a different store; however, this requires changing the default store location in Outlook before you proceed with importing. To find out more about your Outlook store locations, in Outlook on the File menu, click Data File Management. You can view information about your data files and make changes if needed.

Show Import messages from Outlook to Outlook Express

In Outlook Express, on the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
In the list, click Microsoft Outlook, and then click Next.
Note If Outlook is not open, you will be prompted to select the Outlook user profile (Outlook e-mail profile: A profile is what Outlook uses to remember the e-mail accounts and the settings that tell Outlook where your e-mail is stored.) where the messages are stored. Select a profile, and then click OK.
Select the folders to import, and then click Next.
Click Finish.

Show Import an e-mail account into Outlook Express

Note You can import only POP3 (POP3: A common protocol that is used to retrieve e-mail messages from an Internet e-mail server.) e-mail accounts into Outlook Express.

In Outlook Express, on the File menu, point to Import, and then click Mail Account Settings.
Click Microsoft Windows Messaging or Exchange or Outlook, and then click Next.
Click the e-mail account to import, and then click Next.
In the Confirm Settings dialog box, verify the server settings for the account.
Do one of the following:
- To make changes, click Change Settings, click Next, and then change settings as needed. Click Next.
- If settings are correct, click Next.
Click Finish.