Importing Email addresses
Outlook Express – Importing previous Messages and Address Book
After registering with AlignAfrica, a new Outlook Express ‘Identity’ will be created called Align. You may get the impression that your previous emails and address book have been removed but they are not. To view your previous email setup, please follow the steps below:

Open the AlignAfrica Launcher by double-clicking on the AlignAfrica icon, then click ‘Connect to my Email’. When Outlook Express is loaded, click on Help and the ‘About Outlook Express’. Check to see what version of OE (Outlook Express) is loaded.

• If you are using OE version 5 or OE version 6: Make sure that the Title at the top of the Outlook Express screen says – ‘Microsoft Outlook Align’ If not then click on FILE, then SWITCH IDENTITY and then choose Align.
  To import your email messages:
  
  • Click on the FILE menu, and then click IMPORT, and then MESSAGES.
  • At Select Program, choose Microsoft Outlook Express 6, or Microsoft Outlook Express 5 – whichever is the greater version shown. Click NEXT.
  • At Specify Location, select the Identity you wish to Import FROM, such as ‘Absa Free Internet Access” and then click OK.
  • At Location of Messages, click NEXT (unless you know for sure that the file name displayed is the wrong one – in this case, choose the correct file).
  • At Select Folders, choose All Folders – if you wish to import all folders, or select Specified Folders and then hold down the CONTROL Key and click each individual folder you wish to import. Click NEXT. This should import your email messages – click FINISH to complete this task.
  
  To import your Address Book (Contacts):
  First you need to find where your Address Book files are stored on the hard drive(s). Click on START (bottom left hand corner), then Programs, then Command Prompt, or at Windows 2000 upwards, Start, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt. Type in – CD / (Be careful of spaces) DIR /S /P .WAB (Be careful of spaces and the fullstop)
  
  This will search hard drive to find Windows Address Book files. Make a note of the file(s) and the directory names for the next step. Type in – EXIT (To close this window)
  
  Make sure that the Title at the top of the Outlook Express screen says – ‘Microsoft Outlook Eject’ If not then click on FILE, then SWITCH IDENTITY and then choose Eject. Click on the FILE menu, and then click IMPORT, and then ADDRESS BOOK. At the Select Address Book File To Import From, type in the full path of the WAB file, such as: C:\Documents and Settings\test\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\test.WAB And click OPEN. This will import your Address Book into Outlook Express – Align. To Manage your Identities: Open the Align Launcher by double-clicking on the Align icon, then click ‘Coonect to my Email’. Click on FILE, then MANAGE IDENTITY and then choose Align. Choose the option to Switch to each Identity, and to make a particular Identity the default.
• If you are using OE4: The process is very similar but some of the screen names and menu names will be different.