Vista - Getting messages from Microsoft Outlook to Windows mail

when I try importing messages from microsoft outlook I get the error message
"Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client" What does this mean and
what am I doing wrong

It means you don't have Outlook installed on the machine you're using to do
the import. Windows Mail (like Outlook Express before it) REQUIRES Outlook
to be installed, it uses Outlook's "plumbing" to access the .PST file.
Install Outlook, open the ..PST file with it, then try your import again.

Hal
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"Calvin" <Calvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB028086-25FF-4D8E-81D2-C25ABCB4DB1A@microsoft.com...
> when I try importing messages from microsoft outlook I get the error
message
> "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client" What does this mean
and
> what am I doing wrong

Not necessarily. In my case and others, Outlook is installed. There is
evidently no reasonable solution.


"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

> It means you don't have Outlook installed on the machine you're using to do
> the import. Windows Mail (like Outlook Express before it) REQUIRES Outlook
> to be installed, it uses Outlook's "plumbing" to access the .PST file.
> Install Outlook, open the ..PST file with it, then try your import again.
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "Calvin" <Calvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB028086-25FF-4D8E-81D2-C25ABCB4DB1A@microsoft.com...
> > when I try importing messages from microsoft outlook I get the error
> message
> > "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client" What does this mean
> and
> > what am I doing wrong
>
>
>

If you have trouble opening the .PST file in Outlook, you should consult
the experts in the Outlook newsgroup. Most of us Windows Mail experts
are not Outlook experts.

Gary VanderMolen


"Saerain" <Saerain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4E51CA4B-08C8-4D72-98A4-94B410D51981@microsoft.com...
> Not necessarily. In my case and others, Outlook is installed. There is
> evidently no reasonable solution.
>
>
> "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:
>
>> It means you don't have Outlook installed on the machine you're using to do
>> the import. Windows Mail (like Outlook Express before it) REQUIRES Outlook
>> to be installed, it uses Outlook's "plumbing" to access the .PST file.
>> Install Outlook, open the ..PST file with it, then try your import again.
>>
>> Hal
>> --
>> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
>> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
>> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
>> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
>> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>>
>> "Calvin" <Calvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BB028086-25FF-4D8E-81D2-C25ABCB4DB1A@microsoft.com...
>> > when I try importing messages from microsoft outlook I get the error
>> message
>> > "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client" What does this mean
>> and
>> > what am I doing wrong
>>
>>
>>

I too have Outlook 2003 installed on my Vista machine but get the same error message when I try to import. I can open the .pst file in Outlook. I've also tried reinstalling Outlook on the Vista machine.
Do I have to configure an email account after I install Outlook on the Vista machine too?
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jamie

What message? You didn't quote the previous message.



"jamepc" <jamepc.2yt84d@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:jamepc.2yt84d@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

The error message that this post is about.
However, problem solved. On the original computer with XP and Outlook 2003 I imported Outlook to OL Express, then imported OLE to Windows Mail on the Vista Machine. Worked fine.

Thanks,
Jamie