Editing Microsoft Entourage (section)

===Limitations===

Entourage could not natively read [[.pst|Outlook Personal Folder files]] and could not read Outlook archived emails without first re-importing them back into the main Windows Outlook database.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?target=1210e1d5-8d1c-47fc-8bd8-d14ce8d490de1033&clr=99-2-0&parentid=c47a6d08-471b-43bf-acfe-f530d36d939e1033&ep=7&CTT=Category&MODE=pv&locale=en-US&usid=26149fe0-9f81-4b5d-aa86-9e5daf5d02ec |title=Microsoft Office Help & How-To's &#124; Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook Help |publisher=Microsoft.com |access-date=2013-06-15}}</ref> As a result, it was impossible to directly transfer email data from Outlook (Windows) into Entourage (Mac).

Although Microsoft had released a PST Import Tool for Entourage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9B95CFE2-EA2B-4088-AF2C-2FD497E2A6F8&displaylang=en|title=Download PST Import Tool for Entourage from Official Microsoft Download Center|publisher=Microsoft|work=microsoft.com}}</ref> this did not directly solve the problem of exporting data from Windows to Mac, because this utility could only import PST files from Outlook 2001 for the Mac.

One could import a Windows Outlook 2000 compatible PST to Mac Outlook 2001, and then use the utility to import into Entourage. To address this, Microsoft made Mac Outlook 2001 available for free download.

This wasn't a solution for all Mac users, because Outlook 2001 only runs in the [[Classic Environment]], which cannot run in OS 10.5 or on any Intel Macs. Outlook for Office 2011 for Intel Macs, is able to import Outlook .pst files from Windows;<ref name="Introducing Office for Mac 2011: The Quintessential Teammate">{{cite web |title=Introducing Office for Mac 2011: The Quintessential Teammate |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/feb10/02-11msmacworld2010pr.mspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100722000000/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/feb10/02-11msmacworld2010pr.mspx |archive-date=2010-07-22 |access-date=2010-07-09 |publisher=Microsoft.com}}</ref> however, data will be stored as many individual files, rather than in a single database such as .pst or the Entourage database.

Macworld indicates that Windows Outlook messages can be transferred to Apple Mail or Entourage by using [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] as an intermediate agent.  Thunderbird on Windows is used to import the mail from Outlook.  Then the converted mail file is moved from the Windows Thunderbird directory to the Mac and the import feature is used on Mac Mail or Entourage.<ref>{{cite journal
 |last=Breen
 |first=Christopher
 |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/133118/2008/04/workingmac2506.html
 |journal=[[Macworld]]
 |title=Evade E-mail Exasperation - You've got e-mail problems. We've got answers.
 |date=2008-04-30
 |access-date=2008-08-26
}}</ref>
However, message attachments will be lost in the conversion to Thunderbird.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

Commercial third-party software (e.g. Emailchemy)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/|title=Emailchemy - Convert, Export, Import, Migrate, Manage and Archive all your Email|author=Weird Kid Software LLC|work=weirdkid.com}}</ref> is available to facilitate the transfer of Outlook data to Entourage. But those using the mbox format will not be able to respect any subfolder hierarchy since the mbox format doesn't support it.

Other alternative solutions include synchronizing: to an iPod Touch or iPhone through iTunes; using Apple MobileMe service; using an IMAP-enabled email provider; using a Microsoft Exchange server.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html |title=Convert Mail from Windows to Mac |publisher=Entourage.mvps.org |date=2013-04-16 |access-date=2013-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208094622/http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html |archive-date=2010-02-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>