Hi, Robert.
Yes, I am not referring to OE's .dbx files but just a representation
of them which has been imported into WLMail. They're called "Storage
folders" in Windows Live Mail, and in addition to those, Windows Live Mail
has its own Inbox, Drafts, Sent items, Junk e-mail, and Deleted items. When
I was using OE, and I sent emails, the emails would naturally go into OE's
sent items folder. But, this isn't hapening in Windows Live Mail. It's
using its own (Windows Live Mail) sent items folder to put sent email, and I
have to put it manually into the sent items folder I imported from OE.
Here's a screenshot.
http://i28.tinypic.com/r0qdyc.jpg
Peter
"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
Quote:
> "Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-A2CF54499635@xxxxxx Quote:
> > How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> > folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> > from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> > example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
> > folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> > that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> > Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
> > prefer one.
>
>
> Your description is a bit unclear. By "folder I used in Outlook Express"
> I hope you don't mean one of OE's .dbx files but just a representation
> of them which has been imported into WLMail? E.g. when you installed
> WLMail you were probably given an opportunity to do that.
> FWIW I didn't bother letting that happen because my message store
> in OE is huge, so I have no idea what the normal result may be.
>
> AFAIK neither OE nor WLMail have any way of redirecting copies
> of messages away from Sent Items. So if you were putting your
> messages in OE somewhere other than in Sent Items you were
> either doing it manually, e.g., either by dragging, using a menu,
> or (perhaps) by manually invoking a rule. I really don't use rules
> on either app but FWIW it looks as if the rules I had in OE were
> successfully imported too.
>
> Try again? : )
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
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