Hi All,

I'd like to open some *.pst archive files from Outlook Windows.
Can't do with Outlook Express on Virtual PC or Classic, neither can't
read the files with Eudora or Mail on OS X.
Do you know any trick there, provided that I don't have/want to buy M$
Office ?

Thanks in advance,
all the best,
_Marc

On 1/19/04 7:56 AM, in article
a5662c1d.0401190556.41f7ed55@posting.google.com, "Marc" <miniotdr******.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'd like to open some *.pst archive files from Outlook Windows.
> Can't do with Outlook Express on Virtual PC or Classic, neither can't
> read the files with Eudora or Mail on OS X.
> Do you know any trick there, provided that I don't have/want to buy M$
> Office ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> all the best,
> _Marc

Office won't help you; you need Outlook, not Outlook Express. Try D/L at
mactopia.com (MicroSloth's Mac web portal).
--

Brian Ehni

Specifically you need Outlook 2001.

Available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherpr...okformac.aspx?
pid=outlookformac

It runs under Classic only, but it will open your .pst files. (Though
exporting may not be possible.)

Matthew

www.redmac.ca - Getting Canadian's their Macintosh accessories

On 1/19/04 7:17 PM, in article BC31F9F0.54DA6%behni@comcast.net, "Brian Paul
Ehni" <behni@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 1/19/04 7:56 AM, in article
> a5662c1d.0401190556.41f7ed55@posting.google.com, "Marc" <miniotdr******.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'd like to open some *.pst archive files from Outlook Windows.
>> Can't do with Outlook Express on Virtual PC or Classic, neither can't
>> read the files with Eudora or Mail on OS X.
>> Do you know any trick there, provided that I don't have/want to buy M$
>> Office ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> all the best,
>> _Marc
>
> Office won't help you; you need Outlook, not Outlook Express. Try D/L at
> mactopia.com (MicroSloth's Mac web portal).

Would Entourage X work for this? It's supposed to work with exchange
servers now.

BTW, in regard to the OP's question of opening *.pst files, the last
time I tried this with Outlook 2001, it wanted me to log on and
authenicate with the server. That is not an option for me (don't know
about the OP). So, is there anything out there that will just open
these things?

In article <BC3F33F0.24C2C%mmontano@direct.ca>, Matthew Montano
<mmontano@direct.ca> wrote:

> Specifically you need Outlook 2001.
>
> Available here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherpr...okformac.aspx?
> pid=outlookformac
>
> It runs under Classic only, but it will open your .pst files. (Though
> exporting may not be possible.)
>
> Matthew
>
> www.redmac.ca - Getting Canadian's their Macintosh accessories
>
> On 1/19/04 7:17 PM, in article BC31F9F0.54DA6%behni@comcast.net, "Brian Paul
> Ehni" <behni@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 1/19/04 7:56 AM, in article
> > a5662c1d.0401190556.41f7ed55@posting.google.com, "Marc" <miniotdr******.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I'd like to open some *.pst archive files from Outlook Windows.
> >> Can't do with Outlook Express on Virtual PC or Classic, neither can't
> >> read the files with Eudora or Mail on OS X.
> >> Do you know any trick there, provided that I don't have/want to buy M$
> >> Office ?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> all the best,
> >> _Marc
> >
> > Office won't help you; you need Outlook, not Outlook Express. Try D/L at
> > mactopia.com (MicroSloth's Mac web portal).
>

On 1/19/04 8:56 AM, in article
a5662c1d.0401190556.41f7ed55@posting.google.com, "Marc" <miniotdr******.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'd like to open some *.pst archive files from Outlook Windows.
> Can't do with Outlook Express on Virtual PC or Classic, neither can't
> read the files with Eudora or Mail on OS X.
> Do you know any trick there, provided that I don't have/want to buy M$
> Office ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> all the best,
> _Marc

It depends on what is in your *.pst archives. You can get the mail by first
importing it into Netscape 7 (on the PC), copying the files to your Mac, and
then importing the Netscape files. I haven't tried importing contacts or
calendar information that way, so I don't know if it will work.

Another option is to download Outlook2Mac from www.littlemachines.com. Its
shareware, so you can try it before you buy it, and it costs $10 to unlock
the full capabilities.

IMHO I would skip the Netscape approach and just use Outlook2Mac, for the
$10 you will save yourself a lot of time and effort.

Regards,

- Mike

Sent using the Entourage X Test Drive.