Step 1: Start Outlook Express

Unfortunately, Eudora Light does not have a message import facility. And Outlook Express will only export to other Microsoft formats, not to a Eudora mailbox. For this reason, it's recommended that you keep your Outlook Express messages there, and refer to them as needed. If you need to import text from an Outlook Express message, here is a method for doing so. Start Outlook Express, and read the message whose text you need to import.

Step 2: Start Text File in Eudora

Start Eudora, and select File / New Text File. Eudora creates a new empty text box.

Step 3: Select and Copy Text

Switch back to the message you're reading in Outlook Express, and choose Edit / Select All, and press <Ctrl-C> to copy the text to the Windows clipboard.

Step 4: Paste in Eudora

Switch back to the Eudora text box, and press <Ctrl-V> to paste in the text. You may copy any portion of this text from the Eudora text window by dragging across it and pressing <Ctrl-C> and use the "Edit / Paste" or "Edit / Paste As Quotation" options to quote it in your text.

Step 5: Save if Needed

You can use File / Save to save your text to a file, if you'll need it later. The mail message reader of Outlook Express has a File / Save As feature that allows mail messages to be exported to a text file, and it might seem easier than all this cutting and pasting. But Eudora cannot open the text files output from Outlook Express. Someday, Eudora will support a direct import tool, but bugs are still being worked out of it.