155620 - Import Outlook needs file selector

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 111019

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Description

[E Hays]

This is probably an RFE, because I know my mail set up is a little weird. I have
my old Outlook mail in a folder other than the default Outlook folder. I
installed Mozilla and want to import my Outlook mail and address book. I use the
import tool and tell it to import from Outlook.  The tool responds that no
address books were found for import. I noticed the Eudora import tool allows one
to select a directory to import from, but the Outlook tool does not. For me, and
people in my situation, a little more robustness in the Outlook import tool,
e.g. the ability to specify an alternate directory to import from, would be
useful.  I personally plan to manually move my mail directory to where Outlook
would have put it and try the import again, but this is a work around that
should not be necessary.

Comment 1

[Dimitrios]

Marking as NEW. Leaving severity as Normal because, since Eudora importer does
have a filepicker, this is not an enhancement. Every mail importing tool must
have a filepicker.

Comment 2

[Scott Davis]

I _think_ I have the same problem.  I'm running Outlook 2000.  My company
installed Outlook on my laptop, so I'm not sure if my mail folders are in the
default location or not (Win 98).  When I try to import addresses/mail from
Outlook I get the message:

"Unable to find mail to import. Please check to make sure the mail application
is correctly installed on this machine."

Where is mozilla looking?  I'd like to import my .pst files.

Comment 3

[Ninoschka Baca]

Have you tried going into Internet Explorer, selecting Tools|Internet Options
menu, selecting the Programs tab and selecting Outlook to be the defaul E-mail
program, then try importing Outlook Mail from Mozilla?

Comment 4

[Scott Davis]

That fixed it. Thanks!

Comment 5

[Ninoschka Baca]

Marking a duplicate of bug# 111019.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 111019 ***

Comment 6

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified duplicate.