Losing mail from Hotmail and OE storage, failed imports

This is hard to explain, but here goes.
On the original install it looked like everything was fine. Hotmail folders
were seen in WLM with e-mails in them. OE folders were also seen in WLM with
e-mails in them. It looked like everything was imported and moved
automatically and effortlessly from Hotmail and OE to WLM. On closer
examination I realized most of the folders in WLM from OE and Hotmail were
empty or contained only a fraction of the stored mail they had before.
Thousands of my e-mails were gone! I see no way to recover the e-mails that
were in Hotmail, but fortunately the OE files are still on my hard drive. I
then did File>import>Microsoft Outlook Express 6>.... and a lengthy import
process occurred with progress bars for every folder,etc. It looked like a
proper import process, except the result was a new folder named Imported
folder was created under the storage folders heading(my former OE folders)
with subfolders grc.com, Hotmail, and Local Folders. Though not ideal, I
could live with this, except these folders won't open. I get the message
"There are no items in this view". View> current view>show all messages is
set. When I go to the mail storage folders, there are a lot more KB in OE
folders than WLM folders, so I suspect the files are not truly being
imported. Finally, today, within WLM, I moved 6 files from a Hotmail folder
to a storage folder, using the 'move to' toolbar button and they were removed
from the Hotmail folder, but in checking the the folder they were moved to, I
got the message, "There are no Items in this view."
Sorry this is so long and wordy.
Does anybody know how to fix any of this?
Thanks

hello docjerry, i don't know what oe and wlm is but this is what happened to
me. just tonight, i signed on to windows live hotmail. when i did that, i
wanted to transfer all of my old regular hotmail e mails to windows live. i
keyed in my old hotmail address and "nothing" i mean "NOTHING" I have lost
a lot of important informaiton, all my contacts, all of the work i have done
regarding "jobs" so you know this is a catastrophe. is there any kind of a
way that i can retrieve any of my old hotmail account because if i don't i am
in trouble and it is going to be a big mess. not only that, msn gave no
indication that this was going to happen. i am angry enough to file a
lawsuit. can anyone out there tell me what i can do?


"docjerry" wrote:

Hey, is anybody out there.......how do i get replies

"kay" wrote:

This is a public forum of volunteers discussing Windows Live Mail not Windows Live Hotmail.

Those contributing to this forum are not Microsoft, MSN, or Windows Live Mail, or Hotmail personnel. Occasionally Microsoft
personnel may read the group.
From your earlier response indicating some unknowns on use of OE or WLM(Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail) you may be in the
incorrect forum if WLM is not in use..

Rather than send you to another group, it might best to contact support directly.

Free Hotmail accounts are entitled to email support.
Subscription accounts are entitled to email, chat, and phone support.
One of the options below is applicable in your case.

Hotmail Support
https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
- email only

Hotmail Plus Support(Subscription based)
https://support.live.com/default.asp...key=wlmailplus
- A Hotmail Plus account is entitled to Chat, Email and Phone Support

WLM Support
https://support.live.com/default.asp...=wlmaildesktop
- email only

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...winston
ms-mvp mail


"kay" <kay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4059F514-791F-4958-B58B-62E23C008BB8@xxxxxx

thanks for replying winston. I have contacted tech support regarding this
issue and have not heard anything as yet. i think that they may not have an
evening on line set up. thanks again. I have not found a solution as yet.

"...winston" wrote:

kay

may I ask what prompted you to migrate your mail from what I assume was a
perfectly good working hotmail account (e.g. kay@xxxxxx) to a new Live
Hotmail account (e.g. kay@xxxxxx).

I have free and subscription hotmail accounts (e.g. tutsbox@xxxxxx), I
can't think of why I would want to migrate them to Live accounts (e.g.
tutsbox@xxxxxx), I can only think of reasons why I would not want to do
that - informing my correspondents of the new mail address for one.

I see you mention msn, which has little relevance down under - is it that
the msn domain is disappearing ?

This is not an idle question , some of the community I support have msn
accounts, they're in India.
--
TUT

If you're going through hell, keep going -- Winston Churchill
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"kay" <kay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8ADDB5ED-5FED-497D-AC0F-DDEBB4414678@xxxxxx

Sorry, we don't cover Windows Live Hotmail in this forum (actually
a newsgroup). This newsgroup mainly supports the Windows Live Mail
(WLM) program.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"kay" <kay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8ADDB5ED-5FED-497D-AC0F-DDEBB4414678@xxxxxx

Please speak for yourself Gary, I for one, do not share your attitude on
these matters

If someone asked how to make brownies in here and I knew then I'd tell them.
What are brownies anyway, we don't have them here, perhaps Yankee equivalent
of vegemite, my dog probably knows.

--
TUT

salus populi suprema lex esto - Cicero De Legibus, book III, part III, sub.
VIII - Missouri State Motto
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"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eTQEGTK0IHA.4816@xxxxxx

Brownies are a rather dense type of cake, usually chocolate. If I
remember correctly, chocolate causes health problems for many
dogs, so you shouldn't find out if your dog likes them.

"Urbane.Tiger" <viking.warrior@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:NuSdndFNUv5LBsXVnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@xxxxxx

Microsoft went to the bother of setting up a lot of different newsgroups.
Responders with expertise in a specific application tend to 'hang out'
in the newsgroup that reflects that specialization. So it behooves the
user wanting help to seek out the best newsgroup for that issue.

If everyone failed to bother using the cognizant newsgroup for their posts,
the signal-to-noise ratio in these Microsoft newsgroups would get horrific.
If this newsgroup ever gets overrun with Hotmail issues, I'm out of here.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"Urbane.Tiger" <viking.warrior@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:NuSdndFNUv5LBsXVnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@xxxxxx