Contacts appear as message

I exported some contacts from Access database but they appear as messages
instead of contacts in the contacts folder.

Brian
Wed Jul 30 06:49:36 PDT 2008

Niaz Ahmad <NiazAhmad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I exported some contacts from Access database but they appear as
> messages instead of contacts in the contacts folder.

In what format did you export them from Access and how did you import them
into Outlook? What version of each app?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

NiazAhmad
Thu Jul 31 01:48:26 PDT 2008

I am using Office 2003.
Actually I linked the 'contacts' folder from my outlook data file (.pst).
It appeared in Access as linked table named 'Contacts'.
I used Append query to add contact information from another table.
The append was successful but while looking in Outlook, contacts apeear as
messages instead of contacts.


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Niaz Ahmad <NiazAhmad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I exported some contacts from Access database but they appear as
> > messages instead of contacts in the contacts folder.
>
> In what format did you export them from Access and how did you import them
> into Outlook? What version of each app?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Brian
Thu Jul 31 08:30:50 PDT 2008

Niaz Ahmad <NiazAhmad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am using Office 2003.
> Actually I linked the 'contacts' folder from my outlook data file
> (.pst). It appeared in Access as linked table named 'Contacts'.
> I used Append query to add contact information from another table.
> The append was successful but while looking in Outlook, contacts
> apeear as messages instead of contacts.

That doesn't surprise me. I'd never access a PST with any program other
than Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]