# Outlook Express to Outlook 2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 26, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999 "2002-06-26T07:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/1 "2002-06-26T07:18:40Z")
I want to export all of my old inboxes from Outlook Express to the regular Outlook that comes with Office 2000. I notice all my old subfolders with mail are in .dbx format. How do I get those folders (and the mail within) into regular Outlook? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/2 "2002-06-26T07:40:14Z")
In Outlook 2000, there’s an option ‘Import Internet Mail and Addresses’ in the File/Import and Export dialog; does this not do what you want? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/3 "2002-06-26T09:47:38Z")
A word of caution: Outlook uses _a lot_ of CPU. Think twice. Do you really _need_ any of the features in Outlook? We have outlook at work, but I use OE at home. When I’m working with bigger applications (Photoshop, Illustrator) I have to shut down Outlook to get any performance out of my _very_ fast computer. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/4 "2002-06-26T10:16:56Z")
For some reason, the importing/exporting does not work. I got a new computer and saved the inboxes (and their sub-inboxes) on a disk. I cannot get it from that folder on the disk to Outlook. I wanted Outlook for all the extras (Calendar to my PDA, etc) over Express, and I found it doesn’t slow my computer at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/5 "2002-06-26T10:30:06Z")
It seems (and I’m reluctant to follow the process all the way through as it might cock something up) as though the import from Outlook option is expecting to be able to find the outlook data in whatever is the default location (rather than on a disk that you supply); have you tried copying the files from the disk to the equivalent folder(on the new machine) of where you got them on the old machine? ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-to-outlook-2000/115999/6 "2002-06-26T11:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Gaspode \* > \*\*A word of caution: Outlook uses _a lot_ of CPU. Think twice. Do you really _need_ any of the features in Outlook? > We have outlook at work, but I use OE at home. When I’m working with bigger applications (Photoshop, Illustrator) I have to shut down Outlook to get any performance out of my _very_ fast computer. \*\* I use a 500 MHz P3 at work and leave Outlook open almost constantly with no apparant impact on performance. It’s not uncommon for me to have two dozen applications running at one time.