Richard,
I copied all my old OE .dbx files in to my MM directory and told it to
import them but .dbx files are invisible to MM.
John
"Richard" wrote:
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> > Others have asked about migrating from OE6 to Mail, but the answers given in
> > Help and here assume that Outlook Express is on the same PC. I am trying to
> > get my files that are in OE6 on an old XP PC to Mail on the new Vista PC. I
> > have a data transfer cable that I have used for all my other data, but can
> > not find the right files to transfer. I was able to get the contacts over,
> > but not messages. I can find the dbx files on the old PC, but Mail does not
> > want to import them. Does anyone have the steps for getting all my folders
> > and messages over?
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> It does not assume that OE & WM are on the same PC as that scenario is
> impossible. WM cannot be installed on anything other than Vista & OE
> cannot be installed on Vista.
> Copy the OE store dir across & import from that.
> It works, I have done it myself a few times for other people.
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