I bought a new computer with Vista one week ago and migrated all my XP OE 6
accounts, messages, and Contacts to Windows Mail. Mostly OK but when I
sometimes search for things that bug me about WM I see "try Windows Live Mail
(WLM)."

Then today I found a problem with my migration that really concerns me.
Although all my individual Contacts moved fine, for my Groups the email
addresses are all truncated on the left for any Group members that are not
also Contacts. In my bigger groups, 55+, this is going to be really bad to
try to recover these.

So my questions are, if I now install WLM:
1) Will I be able to move all my message folders from WM to WLM?
2) Will I be able to move all my Contacts with Groups from WM to WLM?
3) Minor issue is can I migrate Accounts from WM or OE?
4) Re my problem with the Group members bad email addresses, which I
imported to WM from an OE WAB backup: A) any one know how I can remedy this
in WM? B) can I import the old OE WAB file into WLM and hope this time I get
full email addresses in Groups?

I would be very grateful for any assitance.

Inline..

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"hombreman" <hombreman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EB931BBF-67C7-4135-B701-EECE92A5A629@xxxxxx

>
> So my questions are, if I now install WLM:
> 1) Will I be able to move all my message folders from WM to WLM?

How many email accounts ? Where do the messages currently reside(default email client folders, common inbox, user created
folders)...

> 2) Will I be able to move all my Contacts with Groups from WM to WLM?

Groups will be an issue as will OE's use of multiple email addresses in a given contact.

> 3) Minor issue is can I migrate Accounts from WM or OE?

Iaf files from OE and WLM can be migrated to WLM. Iaf files from WLM do not migrate to WM.

> 4) Re my problem with the Group members bad email addresses, which I
> imported to WM from an OE WAB backup: A) any one know how I can remedy this
> in WM? B) can I import the old OE WAB file into WLM and hope this time I get
> full email addresses in Groups?

A- Don't know...
B- Import yes; groups no.

>
> I would be very grateful for any assitance.

Thanks Winston. For now I will stick with WM and fix the Group bad addresses
by copy/pasting from the last email I sent the Groups. Once that is fixed it
does seem that WLM is a better product, but your indication is that I might
still have trouble moving all my contacts including Groups from WM to WLM?

"...winston" wrote:

> Inline..
>
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp mail
>
>
> "hombreman" <hombreman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EB931BBF-67C7-4135-B701-EECE92A5A629@xxxxxx

> >
> > So my questions are, if I now install WLM:
> > 1) Will I be able to move all my message folders from WM to WLM?

>
> How many email accounts ? Where do the messages currently reside(default email client folders, common inbox, user created
> folders)...
>

> > 2) Will I be able to move all my Contacts with Groups from WM to WLM?

>
> Groups will be an issue as will OE's use of multiple email addresses in a given contact.
>

> > 3) Minor issue is can I migrate Accounts from WM or OE?

>
> Iaf files from OE and WLM can be migrated to WLM. Iaf files from WLM do not migrate to WM.
>

> > 4) Re my problem with the Group members bad email addresses, which I
> > imported to WM from an OE WAB backup: A) any one know how I can remedy this
> > in WM? B) can I import the old OE WAB file into WLM and hope this time I get
> > full email addresses in Groups?

>
> A- Don't know...
> B- Import yes; groups no.
>

> >
> > I would be very grateful for any assitance.

>
>
>

The export/import process does not preserve the Groups information.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"hombreman" <hombreman@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsFC07190-00AC-46B8-BC39-0CCD09B689A9@xxxxxx

> Thanks Winston. For now I will stick with WM and fix the Group bad addresses
> by copy/pasting from the last email I sent the Groups. Once that is fixed it
> does seem that WLM is a better product, but your indication is that I might
> still have trouble moving all my contacts including Groups from WM to WLM?
>
> "...winston" wrote:
>

>> Inline..
>>
>> --
>> ...winston
>> ms-mvp mail
>>
>>
>> "hombreman" <hombreman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EB931BBF-67C7-4135-B701-EECE92A5A629@xxxxxx

>> >
>> > So my questions are, if I now install WLM:
>> > 1) Will I be able to move all my message folders from WM to WLM?

>>
>> How many email accounts ? Where do the messages currently reside(default email client folders, common inbox, user created
>> folders)...
>>

>> > 2) Will I be able to move all my Contacts with Groups from WM to WLM?

>>
>> Groups will be an issue as will OE's use of multiple email addresses in a given contact.
>>

>> > 3) Minor issue is can I migrate Accounts from WM or OE?

>>
>> Iaf files from OE and WLM can be migrated to WLM. Iaf files from WLM do not migrate to WM.
>>

>> > 4) Re my problem with the Group members bad email addresses, which I
>> > imported to WM from an OE WAB backup: A) any one know how I can remedy this
>> > in WM? B) can I import the old OE WAB file into WLM and hope this time I get
>> > full email addresses in Groups?

>>
>> A- Don't know...
>> B- Import yes; groups no.
>>

>> >
>> > I would be very grateful for any assitance.

>>
>>
>>