Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8064.0206).
What you suggested works.
I found an even easier way based on what you suggested.
Export a mail folder, delete the contents and then drag all of the exported
files back in.
Unfortunately Import places them in my Inbox, not the specific folder I
want.
Thanks.
Tom
"Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>
> What version of WLMail are you using?
>
> If you drag such an e-mail out of WLMail and into a folder on your
> Desktop, a copy of that e-mail will be created in that folder.
>
> Now drag that e-mail back onto the WLMail interface into a folder of your
> choosing.
>
> You should find that the From field for that e-mail becomes normalised.
>
> When satisfied, you can delete the original e-mail.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Peter.R
> (Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 with IE7 & Windows Live Mail 2009
> 14.0.8064.0206)
> "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
> your philosophy." - Shakespeare
>
> "Tom Darlington" <TomDarlington@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ECAFA3AA-4431-4F31-9995-3BC35E5044B1@xxxxxx
> Quote:
>> I just imported all of my old mail from my Vista Windows Mail.
>> In the list of the emails, all of the imported mail has either quotes
>> ("")
>> or braces (<>) around the "From" address.
>> The new email I receive is normal w/o these extra characters.
>> The preview pane does not show these extra characters.
>>
>> It makes it impossible for me to sort my new mail by "From" address to
>> see
>> my other email from the same source.
>>
>> Is there a way to remove these from the imported mail (or perform the
>> import
>> differently)?
>>
>> Thanks.