Thanks. I haven't used Outlook Express for years. It's unfortunate there was
not some warning at some point, as I had an extensive address book and made
much use of the obsolete 'groups.' Thanks again for the info.
"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> Probably not. From your description, it sounds like you were using Outlook
> 2000 in the horrid Internet Mail Only mode, which shares address book
> functionality with Outlook Express, making it possible for people to create a
> type of "group" that isn't supported in later Outlook versions. The only
> "groups" that will work in Outlook 2002 are those distribution lists in your
> Contacts folder.
>
> Just a wild shot -- maybe some of that lost information was actually in
> Outlook Express not Outlook. Wouldn't hurt to look. If it's not there, you
> should be able to find the addresses in old email messages and create new
> contacts from those addresses.
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
> Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
>
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
>
> "BillS" wrote:
>
>> I upgraded from Office 2000 to Office XP yesterday. When I did, I lost much
>> of my Address book.
>>
>> My Outlook 2000 address book had several groupings (? maybe not the right
>> term) of email addresses. The distribution lists and non-grouped addresses
>> came over, but none of my groups came over, and that is where the addresses I
>> used most frequently were kept. Is there any way to retrieve them? Thanks.
