Re: netscape and exchange

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Hi MMurphy,

Thanks for posting here.

From the description, I understand the issue is that you would like to move
to exchange for email,but there are netscape 7.2 client. If I am off base,
please don't hesitate to let me know.

Let us refer to the following steps to troubleshoot the issue:

you can transfer data from Netscape 7.2 to Outlook 2003.

currently the only workaround for importing data from Netscape is that we
need import data from Netscape 4.x to Outlook. However, to do this, you
need to install an earlier version of Netscape. (For example, Netscape
4.77.), then import data from Netscape 7.2. Therefore, we can import data
to Outlook. For detailed information, please refer to the following steps.

1. Install an earlier version of Netscape. (For example, Netscape 4.77)
2. In the older version of Netscape, import data from Netscape 7.2.
3. Refer to the information in the following article to complete the import
from Netscape 4.5 and later:

How to import messages and addresses from Netscape Messenger 4.5 and later
in Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291601

286170 OL2002: How to Migrate Netscape Mail to Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286170

I know that the workaround is not very convenient and may not entirely meet
your requirements. For your convenience, I also searched some third-party
Web sites for you. Fortunately, I found some third-party tools, which may
meet your requirements. You can refer to this link:

http://www.comaxis.com/ua.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/convmsg.htm

NOTE: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web
site. Microsoft can make no representation concerning the content of these
sites.

For address book, we can use the method in the following KB article to
migrate from Netscape to Outlook:

297076 OL2002: How to Import Address Book information from Netscape 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297076



Hope this helps

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Jacky Luo (MSFT)
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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