3.5.7   Importing Mail From Outlook

To import from Outlook, select some messages (or a folder) and press the capture key (F1 or fn-F1). EagleFiler will preserve the message flags, read status, and categories. EagleFiler skips messages that have been assigned the “OmitFromArchive” category in Outlook.

Note: Dragging individual mailboxes or messages from Outlook to EagleFiler may also work, but using the capture key is recommended because it is more reliable.

Importing Message Files

To import messages as individual .eml files instead of as mailbox files, use the Import From Outlook script.

Importing All Your Mail

To import all your mail at once, use a smart folder to show all the messages:

1. In the upper-right corner of the Outlook window, click in the search box. This will make the Search tab active.
2. In the Search tab, select All Mail.
3. Then click the Advanced button.
4. Click on the Item Contains pop-up menu and change it to say Date Created. The pop-up menu next to it should now say Any Date.
5. Click the Save button to create a new smart folder and name it All Mail.
6. With All Mail selected in the folder list, you can now use Edit ‣ Select All to select all of your messages at once and import them by pressing the capture key.

Importing a Folder and Its Subfolders

To import from multiple folders at a time, use a smart folder to show messages from multiple folders at once:

1. Select the folder in Outlook.
2. In the upper-right corner of the Outlook window, click in the search box. This will make the Search tab active.
3. In the Search tab, select Subfolders.
4. Then click the Advanced button.
5. Click on the Item Contains pop-up menu and change it to say Date Created. The pop-up menu next to it should now say Any Date.
6. Click the Save button to create a new smart folder and name it My Folder.
7. With My Folder selected in the folder list, you can now use Edit ‣ Select All to select all of the messages at once and import them by pressing the capture key.

Importing PST Files

To import .pst files from the Windows version of Outlook, import them into the Mac version of Outlook, then select the messages and press the capture key.

The Mac version of Outlook has an AppleScript bug that affects some messages imported from Windows Outlook. This can prevent the message bodies from transferring to EagleFiler, making the messages appear blank (aside from the headers). To work around this bug, instead of importing via the capture key, import by dragging the mail folder (or individual messages) from Outlook to a folder in the Finder; this will export the messages (but not the message flags, read status, or categories). You can then drag the files from the Finder into EagleFiler to import them.

Another option is to one of the various Windows utilities that can convert from PST format to Mbox format, and then to import the Mbox files into EagleFiler.