How can I export my Entourage mail from one machine to another?

December 26, 2007 12:08 PM

What is the best way to move my Entourage 2004 Email from one Max OS X machine to another? I had done this once before, and it wasn't as straightforward is it should be and totally forgot how to do it (Mac's help is no help).

Also, for bonus points, is there another, better email client that I can use on the new machine? I'm not a big fan of Entourage for a lot of reasons.

posted by Tommy Gnosis to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Copy the stuff from ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004 Identities/Main Identity/ on your old machine to the same place on your new machine and it'll just work. Make sure Entourage isn't running on either system while you are moving your data.
posted by foodgeek at 1:06 PM on December 26, 2007

better yet, just copy the entire Office 2004 Identities folder from one computer to the other. As for other email clients, as long as you're not accessing an Exchange server, Apple's Mail program and Thunderbird are great alternatives.
posted by pmbuko at 1:41 PM on December 26, 2007

Re: mail client

Leopard's Mail.app is a huge improvement over Tiger. Definitely worth trying out. You could give Correo a shot too.
posted by fleeba at 1:48 PM on December 26, 2007