Email Conversion - Outlook 2007

This recipe will take you through the four 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 2007.

 
Step 1: Export your contacts

Start Outlook 2007

 

   
Select File | Import and Export...  
from the menu
  File Import/Export

Select Export to a file in the Import and Export Wizard

Press Next->

  Import/Export Wizard

Select Comma Separated Values (Windows) as the export format

Press Next->

  Select CSV (Windows)

Select the folder which contains the contacts' email addresses you wish to modify. Often named, simply, Contacts

NOTE: If you have more than one Contacts folder, you will have to repeat this whole procedure for each one separatelly.

Press Next->

  Choose contact folder

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"

Press Next->

Confirm the action by pressing Finish

NOTE: You need not make any special field mappings.

 

   

 

 

Step 2: Edit the text file

Start Notepad or Wordpad (not Word) or another simple Windows text editor from the Start Menu

 

   

Choose File | Open from the menu

 

  Notepad_File_Open
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

 

   

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 again

 

   
Select File | Import and Export...  
from the menu
  File Import/Export

Select Import from another program or file in the Import and Export Wizard

  Import_all_files
Select Comma Separated Values (Windows) as the import file type   Import all files types

Browse for and select the same CSV file you created and edited earlier as the file to import

Check the Replace duplicates option

 

  Choose import file

Select the destination folder.

This should be the same folder you exported originally, but if you choose a different folder, unpredictable results will follow.


 

  Import to contacts
     
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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