Thanks Steve.
The import method works: Outlook tries to import mails from OE and I get a
'1 on 1 message imported' msg. Do you know where (folder) it looks to import
OE messages?
Obviously I don't have OE on my PC any longer, but I keep a copy of all .dbx
files.
thanks
Max
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
> If the import method into Outlook didn't work, then there is no way to
> directly import from the OE message store. You could extract the messages
> from the dbx files and them import those, but that would require a 3rd party
> extraction tool (see www.oehelp.com). You could then drag those messages
> into Windows Mail and then import them into Outlook from Windows Mail.
>
> I don't know any other way to do it at this point.
>
> steve
>
> "MaxP" <MaxP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49C03B44-32A8-469E-A40B-D58A989C4613@microsoft.com...
> > Hello I recently installed Vista+IE7 , I used Outlook Express 6 to manage
> > my
> > Hotmail account.
> > I'd like to keep using my Hotmail with a fat client. I know that Outlook
> > can
> > manage it but I don't know how to import my old OE6 folders (I tried the
> > procedure described in Outlook Help with no success).
> > I tried with Windows Live Mail but it tells me that I need a subscription
> > to
> > MSN (???)
> >
> > Pls help !!!
> >
> > Max
>