Found the problem, when I exported the contacts to a .pst from exchange it
exports the path to the exchange information store mailbox for the email
address as
/o=storename/ou=FirstAdministrativeGroup/on=Reciepients/cn=mailboxname
instead of the email address alone . I simply rexported it as a
..csv, changed the info in the email address column and re-imported the
contacts. Works like a charm now. Thanks anyway.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No compatibility issue but countless ways to corrupt your data when you use
export and import. You posted no information that would tell us what you did
wrong nor why you "cannot send mail using the imported contacts."
Try using a reliable method to transfer your data: copy the contacts into a
PST file. Open the PST file in the other installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"QAWit" wrote in message
...
After exporting mail,contacts and calander prior to migrating off an
exchange
2000 server, I cannot send mail using the imported contacts now using
POP3. I
will say that the contacts were originally created with Outlook 2000 on
the
exchange server. At some time we upgraded to Outlook 2003. It appears that
if
you choose a contact from the imported file it cuts of the domain from the
recipients email address, it remains in the outbox and you get a send
recieve
error. ie. instead of you just get XXXX. If you type the
contacts email address without using the imported contact. The mail is
sent
without issue. Is there a compatability issue between Outlook 2000 and
2003.