Email Conversion - Outlook Express

This recipe will take you through the three easy steps you need to convert all "cwimail.sh" email addresses in your contact list to "helanta.co.sh" if your email client program is Outlook Express.

 
Step 1: Export your contacts

Start Outlook Express

 

    
Select File | Export | Address Book 
from the menu		   Select Address Book
Select Comma Separated Values as the export format   Export as CSV

Choose a filename and location (e.g. in My Documents) and make a note of these details - you will need to locate the file later. The filename should have a CSV extension (file type), e.g. "MyContacts.csv"

 

    

Tick all fields to export
(tick them even if you don’t normally use them)

   Tick fields

Continue with export by pressing Finish

    

 

 
Step 2: Edit the text file

Start Notepad or Wordpad (not Word)

 

    

Choose File | Open from the menu

 

    
In the dialog box, tell Notepad to find files of all types by selecting All Files   Find all file types

Find and select the CSV file you created when exporting from Outlook Express

 

    

Choose Edit | Replace from the menu

NOTE: It is recommended that you do NOT edit the file manually - manual changes can create errors

   Find and Replace

Enter
cwimail.sh in the Find what field
and
helanta.co.sh in the Replace with field

      • Take care to spell these entries correctly
      • Leave Match case unchecked
   Find and Replace

Press “Replace all”
(Notepad won’t tell you it has done anything, so you might wish to check in the text for yourself that changes have been made)

 

    

Close the Replace dialog box,
Save the file. (Do not forget this!)
Exit Notepad.

    

 

 
Step 3: Re-import the edited contacts

Activate Outlook Express again

 

    
Select File | Import | Other address book
from the menu		   Import Other Address Book

Select Comma Separated Values as the import format

   Select CSV

Select the same CSV file you created and edited earlier

 

    

Make sure all of the fields are ticked as before

 

    

When Outlook Express asks if you want to replace an existing entry with an imported entry, press Yes to All

   Replace All
     
The Import is now finished.

 

 
 
The final step is to change the definition of your own email address in order to be able to access your email mailbox on the computers at Sure - use Sure's instructions here.

 

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