OL98: (IMO) Addresses in Eudora Nicknames Import Incorrectly
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SYMPTOMS
After you import items created in Eudora to the Address Book in Microsoft
Outlook 98, you notice recipients that were defined in Eudora Nicknames are
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. The actual Nicknames, which Outlook users know as Groups, are
converted.
Eudora uses only 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.
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:
1.
Click the Start button, click Run and then type WAB in the Open box.
2.
On the File menu of the Address Book, click Import and then Address
Book.
3.
In the Address Book Import Tool, click to select "Eudora Pro or Light
Address Book (through v3.01)." Click OK.
4.
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.
5.
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.
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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