Vista - Re: Moving old Outlook Express messages to Windows Mail

12-07-2008

monopoly wrote:

Quote:

> I am trying to move the entire contents of my Outlook Express mail
> messages from an old Windows 95 system to Windows Mail on my new
> Windows Vista system.
>
> The files on the old computer are all .dbx files.
>
> Does anyone know how I can export the files? Do they have to be done
> all in one go, or can they be exported folder by folder?
>
> If it's impossible to get the folders added to Windows Mail, I would
> be happy if I could simply transfer the individual e-mail messages to
> the new Vista computer in any readable format, just as text files or
> something, so at least I could use them as reference. If there's a
> way of selecting the messages individually and transferring them in
> large batches to a floppy drive, I could do it in ten or twenty
> transfer operations.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.

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Try these links:

Importing from Outlook Express
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

Windows Vista -
Import messages into Windows
Mail from Outlook Express
http://tinyurl.com/2kkcmm
or
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...7994f1033.mspx

Import messages to Windows
Mail from other e-mail programs
http://tinyurl.com/wzewk
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...0be4b1033.mspx

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
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12-07-2008	#1 (permalink)
John Inzer n/a posts	Re: Moving old Outlook Express messages to Windows Mail monopoly wrote: Quote: > I am trying to move the entire contents of my Outlook Express mail > messages from an old Windows 95 system to Windows Mail on my new > Windows Vista system. > > The files on the old computer are all .dbx files. > > Does anyone know how I can export the files? Do they have to be done > all in one go, or can they be exported folder by folder? > > If it's impossible to get the folders added to Windows Mail, I would > be happy if I could simply transfer the individual e-mail messages to > the new Vista computer in any readable format, just as text files or > something, so at least I could use them as reference. If there's a > way of selecting the messages individually and transferring them in > large batches to a floppy drive, I could do it in ten or twenty > transfer operations. > > Thanks in advance for any help. ================================= Try these links: Importing from Outlook Express http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Windows Vista - Import messages into Windows Mail from Outlook Express http://tinyurl.com/2kkcmm or http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...7994f1033.mspx Import messages to Windows Mail from other e-mail programs http://tinyurl.com/wzewk or... http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...0be4b1033.mspx -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk
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