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Importing mail settings from old computer
  1. #1


    Jack Guest

    Importing mail settings from old computer

    Windows Easy Transfer (WET) supposed to do the job.
    It did not.
    I have Vista RC1.
    What steps should I take to import my email account settings, all messages
    and selected newsgroups?
    Jack




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  2. #2


    Steve Cochran Guest

    Re: Importing mail settings from old computer

    Right now going from RC1 to RC2 and up is not going to work very well. The
    database design has changed between the two.

    You can recover the messages by searching for *.eml and dragging them into
    another Windows Mail or OE version folder. The account settings are stored
    in the individual .oeaccount files. see
    http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com...37(VS.80).aspx

    The newsgroups themselves will not import. You'll have to set them up
    again.

    Other information is stored under these registry keys:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IAM

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail

    but these are still also in transition, so don't expect them to be the same
    between RC1 and RC2.

    steve


    "Jack" <replyto@newsgroup> wrote in message
    news:2DD1BC54-C9A9-4830-AD91-A4CACFADB309@microsoft.com...
    > Windows Easy Transfer (WET) supposed to do the job.
    > It did not.
    > I have Vista RC1.
    > What steps should I take to import my email account settings, all messages
    > and selected newsgroups?
    > Jack



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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