Steve wrote:
> Gary VanderMolen wrote:
>> Steve" wrote:

>>> Does Windows Mail have the ability to import Outlook files (MS
>>> Office XP Small Business Outlook) into Windows Mail? I'd like to
>>> know before configuring it.
>>
>> Windows Mail can import from an Outlook PST file only if Outlook
>> is installed. WM needs the Outlook machinery to interpret the PST
>> file. You can do a temporary install of the free trial version of
>> Office 2007.
>
> What would be so hard about adding the import feature to WM?

The import feature is there!
It just needs an interpreter in order to read the data from the
PST-file.

> Can I grab the appropriate installation bits from Outlook on my XP
> machine and splice them into WM?

NO.
In order to read from the PST-file Outlook has to be installed.
Period.

Rainald