Understanding Outlook
Understanding Outlook PST and OST Data Files
There are two separate and distinct file types used by Outlook to store data PST files (Personal Storage) OST file (Offline Storage) In the sphere of PST files, there are two formats – ANSI and Unicode. Outlook versions ’98 thru to ‘2002 (also known as Outlook ‘XP) can only create and read ANSI format PST […]
Understanding Sync’ing versus Importing
This may all seem very obvious to some but it is something that comes up on a regular basis for those who are new to the concepts of sync’ing and importing or are not completely clear about the “batch processing functions of ContactGenie import/export products when used in conjunction with a task scheduler. Synchronization (sync’ing), […]
Understanding Importing Unicode CSV files from Outlook.com, Hotmail, Windows Live Mail
Outlook.com (aka Windows Live Mail, Hotmail etc) generates a unicode text file when exporting contacts to a CSV text file. This file generates a MAPI translation error when attempting to import it into Outlook. If this is the cause of the problem, it can be easily identified by opening the CSV file in Excel which […]
Understanding “Outlook” variations
It seems that almost everything these days that is somehow related to email has the word “Outlook” associated with it so the phrase “I’m using Outlook” can mean different things to different people. This is just intended as a quick overview of the different references to Outlook Outlook (the desktop client) This is the program […]
Understanding Outlook Home, Business, Other Mailing Address Fields
There are 3 sets of address fields that can be used when importing information in Outlook (Home, Business, Other). To use the Business Address as an example (everything applies equally to all 3 address groups), the fields applicable to that group are (field names are shown as Internal Outlook names followed by the Outlook Display […]
