Simple steps to migrate from Outlook Express to Notes

Migration from Outlook Express to Notes is not that challenging job as it appears to most of the users. This article lists the simple steps which help in migration DBX to NSF files in most affable manner. Below steps will work fine for migrating individual users coming into your organization with an existing Outlook Express installation. One can’t be sure that it does the same for larger Outlook Express to Lotus Notes migrations.

Before starting the migration, be ready with the preparations like successful installation of Notes client on the machine where the Outlook Express client is installed, creation of the user using Domino Administrator and configuration of Notes client. Make sure that user mail database is using the Extended Mail Template (or above), and the mail server is running the IMAP server task.

Using IBM Upgrade Wizard aka Nupgrade.exe, you can convert messages and contacts from Outlook Express to Notes i.e. DBX to NSF. This can be accomplished by following the steps detailed in each of the following sections:

• Launch the Upgrade Wizard to create an account for your Notes mail file in Outlook Express. For that follow the given steps –

1. Open a Command Prompt window by selecting Start -> Run and then type: cmd.exe

2. Change to the Notes Client program directory.

3. Enter the following command to launch the Upgrade Wizard: Nupgrade.exe 4

4. Click "Next" to continue past the Welcome Screen.

5. Click "Finish" to begin the conversion.

6. When prompted, enter the password for your Notes ID file.

7. Specify the following information to create an account for your Notes mail file in Outlook Express: Account Name, User Name, IMAP Server (Domino mail server)

8. Click OK and then exit.

This creates a new account, which is added at the bottom of Outlook Express main windows with name like, “Domino Administrator”. Now select the account on the left and click the "IMAP Folders..." button in the right pane as shown below. a dialog box would be shown having existing folders in the Notes mail database. Select the individual folders you would like to make visible and click the "Show"-button. A little icon will indicate that the folder is visible. New folders can be created as normally in Outlook Express.

Now drag the emails from the existing Outlook Express folders to the folders added from the mail database or to newly created folders. You can select multiple emails at a time.

Once you start the migration of emails you must check for the same emails appearing in the Lotus Notes email database. This gives you conversion of emails in DBX file format to NSF file format. Fair simple, isn’t it?

In case you are looking for complete mailbox migration from Outlook Express to Notes, then you must take help of third party application. it is capable of converting complete emails and all other email items like message properties, attachments, embedded images, email data, Unicode characters, Sent Items, Drafts, Outbox and emails that exist in deleted items folder and personal folders from DBX to NSF in 2-3 mouse clicks only.