How To Move Your Outlook Express Address Book to a New Computer (No Floppy Drive)

In order to move your address book to a new computer, you must first export it from your original machine. Since you don't have a floppy disk drive on your new computer, you will need to email the file to yourself.

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click the FILE menu, then click "Export" and then "Address Book..."
  3. Click on "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" and click EXPORT
  4. You will be asked to "Save exported file as:" - click BROWSE
  5. In the "Save in:" drop down box, select "Desktop"
  6. In the "Filename:" box, type "addbook" and click SAVE
  7. Click NEXT
  8. Click FINISH
  9. Click OK, then CLOSE
  10. Click the TOOLS menu and then click "Accounts"
  11. Click on your Andiamo mail connection (usually called "mail.andiamo-tel.com") and click PROPERTIES
  12. Click on the ADVANCED tab
  13. In the "Delivery" section, check the "Leave a copy of messages on server" box, then click OK
  14. Click CLOSE
  15. Click the "Create Mail" button to compose a new email message
  16. In the "To:" box, type your own email address.
  17. in the "Subject:" box, type "Address Book"
  18. Click on the "Attach" (paper clip) button.
  19. In the "Look in:" drop down box, select "Desktop"
  20. Click on the "addbook" file, and click ATTACH
  21. Click SEND
  22. Click the TOOLS menu and then click "Accounts"
  23. Click on your Andiamo mail connection (usually called "mail.andiamo-tel.com") and click PROPERTIES
  24. Click on the ADVANCED tab
  25. In the "Delivery" section, uncheck the "Leave a copy of messages on server" box, then click OK
  26. Click CLOSE
  27. Close Outlook Express

Once the address book has been exported from your old computer, you must now import it into your new computer. If you haven't set up your Outlook Express on your new computer yet, make sure that's done before proceeding with this section.

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. When you check your mail, there should be a message from yourself with the subject "Address book"
  3. Click on the message to open it.
  4. Right-Click on the paper clip icon, and select "Save Attachments..."
  5. "addbook" should be selected in the "Attachments to be saved" box. Click BROWSE
  6. Select "Desktop" at the top of the folder list and click OK
  7. Click SAVE
  8. Click the FILE menu, then click "Import" and then "Other Address Book..."
  9. Select "Text File (Comma Separated Values) from the list and click IMPORT
  10. In the "CSV Import" dialog box, click BROWSE
  11. In the "Look in:" drop down box, select "Desktop"
  12. Click on the "addbook" file and then click OPEN
  13. Click NEXT
  14. Click FINISH
  15. Click OK, then CLOSE