Vista - Re: Reverse Migration: Vista Windows Mail to XP Pro Outlook Express

12-25-2008

Yes, we've heard from others who have tried this that dragging and dropping works well.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

<dsw32952@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:enQ8qwkZJHA.1964@xxxxxx

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> Dragging and dropping works fine.
>
> I drugged and dropped an eml file from the Vista Mail mail store folder and I got a prompt asking if I really wanted to copy the
> file without all of its properties and I said yes since I had no idea how to drag and drop it WITH all the properties. Don't
> know what was missing. I then drugged and dropped a message directly out of the message list in Vista Mail. I then took them
> over to my XP laptop and they both opened OK in OE and both dropped into a folder just fine and again opened just fine.
>
> Looks like drugging all my messages may be the way to. I will test this again tomorrow using a message with a file attachment
> to verify that attachments will drag and drop fine also.
>
>
> Don
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> <dsw32952@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23ige$BjZJHA.5108@xxxxxx

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>> Thank you again! When I took a quick look at the mail store folder I thought I saw a dbx file. Obviously I was wrong. I have
>> looked and found all the emails in the eml format. The files have strange names though: 2E74304B-00000008.EML.
>>
>> I am curious as to how that might translate into OE6 if I have to drag and drop them as a last resort.
>>
>> I have been a big fan of InsideOE at tomsterdam.com. A few years ago Tom announced he was about to give up on OE and then MS
>> announced Windows Mail and he got excited again. However, on my last visit to the site it appears to be unchanged for quite
>> some time and no links to anything Windows Mail related. Any ideas what's up with that and how Tom is doing?
>>
>> Hi Hal! Thanks for any light you may shed on my dilemma.
>>
>> Don
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>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%232t75MhZJHA.4480@xxxxxx

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>>> Windows Mail does not have .dbx files.
>>> WM saves each message as an individual .eml file.
>>>
>>> As for using Outlook as the intermediary, that sounds doable,
>>> but not being an Outlook expert, I'll let Hal tackle that question.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>>

>>

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12-25-2008	#1 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Reverse Migration: Vista Windows Mail to XP Pro Outlook Express Yes, we've heard from others who have tried this that dragging and dropping works well. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) <dsw32952@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:enQ8qwkZJHA.1964@xxxxxx Quote: > Dragging and dropping works fine. > > I drugged and dropped an eml file from the Vista Mail mail store folder and I got a prompt asking if I really wanted to copy the > file without all of its properties and I said yes since I had no idea how to drag and drop it WITH all the properties. Don't > know what was missing. I then drugged and dropped a message directly out of the message list in Vista Mail. I then took them > over to my XP laptop and they both opened OK in OE and both dropped into a folder just fine and again opened just fine. > > Looks like drugging all my messages may be the way to. I will test this again tomorrow using a message with a file attachment > to verify that attachments will drag and drop fine also. > > > Don > > > > > <dsw32952@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23ige$BjZJHA.5108@xxxxxx Quote: >> Thank you again! When I took a quick look at the mail store folder I thought I saw a dbx file. Obviously I was wrong. I have >> looked and found all the emails in the eml format. The files have strange names though: 2E74304B-00000008.EML. >> >> I am curious as to how that might translate into OE6 if I have to drag and drop them as a last resort. >> >> I have been a big fan of InsideOE at tomsterdam.com. A few years ago Tom announced he was about to give up on OE and then MS >> announced Windows Mail and he got excited again. However, on my last visit to the site it appears to be unchanged for quite >> some time and no links to anything Windows Mail related. Any ideas what's up with that and how Tom is doing? >> >> Hi Hal! Thanks for any light you may shed on my dilemma. >> >> Don >> >> >> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%232t75MhZJHA.4480@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Windows Mail does not have .dbx files. >>> WM saves each message as an individual .eml file. >>> >>> As for using Outlook as the intermediary, that sounds doable, >>> but not being an Outlook expert, I'll let Hal tackle that question. >>> >>> -- >>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) >>> >> >
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