Vista Tutorial - Outlook Express transfer to Vista

Hi
Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully exported
my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine but the two
programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.

Many thanks

You can drag all the message headers from your Inbox (or any other folder) to
a regular document folder in a flash drive. Each message in that folder will
be .eml file.

On the Vista machine, open Windows Mail and your Inbox (or a corresponding
folder from OE). Select all the .eml files from the flash drive and drag them
into the Message List in Windows Mail.

It actually works for Outlook message, Eudora, and so forth if you first
import the messages into Outlook Express. Then do the thing above with the
messages that are in Outlook Express.

--
Puppy Breath


"Tony L" wrote:

> Hi
> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully exported
> my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine but the two
> programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.
>
> Many thanks
>

"Tony L" <t.lawton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:E20EE250-DFF8-4645-A510-1657A719DAC3@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully
> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine
> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.
>
> Many thanks

See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
Scroll down to the proper section.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

"Tony L" <t.lawton@btinternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:E20EE250-DFF8-4645-A510-1657A719DAC3@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully
> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine
> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.
>
> Many thanks
Try to use the import wizard - as well as for adressbook import. It works
well - but there is a small bug, that prevent you from time to time
importing the outlook express messages successful (the import wizard tells
you that there are no messages found - can't tell the precicse error text,
because I'm using the German edition of Vista). In case that this message
occur, proceed the following steps:

- go one step back in import wizard and check the import path (in most cases
the last folder name within the import path is shown double).
- try to select the import path again using the "browse button" (don't know
the excact name, we have here a Durchsuchen-button). Select the import path
in the right pane of the dialog windows and close the window

- now the import path should be shown in the right way#

- process the import steps as known and Windows Mail will import all
messages in a separate "import" folder.

If that won't suite, maybe an access right issue is the problem. In this
case I suggest to copy all your Outlook Express .dbx-files in a separate
folder of your Public folder and try to import the messages.

Hope that helps

G. Born
www.borncity.de

Nice to know its the same problem in German as well. See
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Its the "Browse" button in English.

steve

"GBorn" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OyV%23mYOWHHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> "Tony L" <t.lawton@btinternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:E20EE250-DFF8-4645-A510-1657A719DAC3@microsoft.com...
>> Hi
>> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
>> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully
>> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine
>> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for
>> messages.
>>
>> Many thanks
> Try to use the import wizard - as well as for adressbook import. It works
> well - but there is a small bug, that prevent you from time to time
> importing the outlook express messages successful (the import wizard tells
> you that there are no messages found - can't tell the precicse error text,
> because I'm using the German edition of Vista). In case that this message
> occur, proceed the following steps:
>
> - go one step back in import wizard and check the import path (in most
> cases the last folder name within the import path is shown double).
> - try to select the import path again using the "browse button" (don't
> know the excact name, we have here a Durchsuchen-button). Select the
> import path in the right pane of the dialog windows and close the window
>
> - now the import path should be shown in the right way#
>
> - process the import steps as known and Windows Mail will import all
> messages in a separate "import" folder.
>
> If that won't suite, maybe an access right issue is the problem. In this
> case I suggest to copy all your Outlook Express .dbx-files in a separate
> folder of your Public folder and try to import the messages.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> G. Born
> www.borncity.de
>

Hi dod.
"Tony L" <t.lawton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:E20EE250-DFF8-4645-A510-1657A719DAC3@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully
> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine
> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.
>
> Many thanks

Hey Tony,

To completely transfer your OE mail to Windows Mail you should not only
transfer your messages but your account information and rules along with
your address book. This isn't a comprehensive "Move OE to your new Vista
computer" article but, I have included instructions on how to move your
accounts and rules over from OE to WM in addition to the link to the website
that is included that walks you through migrating your actual mail.

See the website that Frank Saunders mentioned:

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

This site gives great information on moving your data stores from OE on one
machine to WM on another and is what I used to begin my e-mail migration
from my old computer to my new one.

A word of warning though, ** if you have your account set to leave mail on
your mail server for a period of time ** after you get your accounts setup
and all of your mail has been imported you will end up downloading duplicate
messages for all the items you have out on your mail server. So, if you
leave copies of your messages on the mail server for 10 days you will
receive duplicate messages for everything you have gotten in the last 10
days. To prevent this you can turn this off in OE6 under
Tools>Accounts>Mail>"Account Name">Properties>Advanced>Delivery and then
perform a send and receive. If you have web-mail with your ISP use that to
verify that there are no messages left on your mail server. I wasn't
thinking when I did my move and had to delete about 120 messages. You'll
want to verify that the duplicates are gone as I cannot easily test
performing the send and receive will get rid of the messages on your server.

Also, make your life a bit easier and export your account settings to .iaf
files from OE and import those into WM. You can find the button to export
under Tools>Accounts>Mail. You can import these account settings files into
WM in the same location in WM. Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail and import the
files from the location you saved them to. This will save you some time in
futzing around with configuring your e-mail settings. It's also not a bad
idea to export these and store them someplace safe so that in the event your
computer crashes you can bring your account settings back quickly.

As for inbox rules, luckily the registry format for rules is identical so
you can, with a little text editing, import your rules as well. Granted to
make this worthwhile you need to have enough rules that would warrant going
through the following process. I had about twenty so recreating all my
rules from scratch wasn't, in my opinion, a good use of my time. I would
recommend you perform the following after you have imported your mail and
you address book.

To import your rules:

1. Find out what identity you're using:
a. In OE go to Tools>Options>Maintenance and click on the "Store
Folder" button.
b. In the store folder button you will see a number enclosed in curly
braces. ex.
{F67B35AC-B631-46C8-88AA-6EFC5B2933A9}
This is your identity number. I'll reference it further as
<identity>

2. Export your rules:
a. Open regedit.exe
b. In regedit, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Rules
(you may see "6.0\Rules", it's 5.0 on my computer and I'll reference
5.0 from here on)
c. Right-click on "Mail" and select "Export"
d. Give it a name you can remember in a place on your computer you can
find and click "Save".

3. Edit your rules to import on your new computer:
a. Make a copy of the file you just saved and name it <whatever your
file was called>_Import.
ex. If your computer is setup to show extensions you will see
"MyMailRules.reg" rename this file to "MyMailRules_Import.reg"
if you don't see extensions you will only see "MyMailRules" and once
renamed "MyMailRules_Import"
b. Right-click on your new file (the one named ..._Import) and select
"Edit"
c. In Notepad select "Edit>Replace"
d. In the 'Replace' dialogue copy and paste the line up to 5.0 from the
first line of your ..._Import file:
ex.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0
into the "Find What" field.
e. Then paste the following line exactly as it's shown:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail
into the "Replace With" field.
f. In the replace dialogue, click on "Replace All"
g. Save your file.

4. Import the rules on your new computer:
a. Copy the ..._Import.reg file to your new computer
b. Double-click the file and when asked, "Are you sure..." answer yes.

5. Fix the Imported rules:

Because rules can reference specific locations in the mail folder
structure within OE some of your rules may be pointing to locations that
don't technically exist anymore. The same can hold true for rules that
referenced contacts, since you have moved to a new computer the
contacts may be seen as completely new. However, the structure of the rules
is intact so, you just need to repoint to rules the folders or contacts
you want them to work with. Modify each rule to match your requirements and
you should be golden.


Thanks,

Jerry S


"Tony L" <t.lawton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:E20EE250-DFF8-4645-A510-1657A719DAC3@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my
> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully
> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine
> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for messages.
>
> Many thanks

Ok, the steps may be easier to read in this post. The formatting didn't
come out quite right in my last post.





Hey Tony,



To completely transfer your OE mail to Windows Mail you should not only
transfer your messages but your account information and rules along with
your address book. This isn't a comprehensive "Move OE to your new Vista
computer" article but, I have included instructions on how to move your
accounts and rules over from OE to WM in addition to the link to the website
that is included that walks you through migrating your actual mail.



See the website:



http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx



This site gives great information on moving your data stores from OE on one
machine to WM on another and is what I used to begin my e-mail migration
from my old computer to my new one.



A word of warning though, ** if you have your account set to leave mail on
your mail server for a period of time ** after you get your accounts setup
and all of your mail has been imported you will end up downloading duplicate
messages for all the items you have out on your mail server. So, if you
leave copies of your messages on the mail server for 10 days you will
receive duplicate messages for everything you have gotten in the last 10
days. To prevent this you can turn this off in OE6 under
Tools>Accounts>Mail>"Account Name">Properties>Advanced>Delivery and then
perform a send and receive. If you have web-mail with your ISP use that to
verify that there are no messages left on your mail server. I wasn't
thinking when I did my move and had to delete about 120 messages. You'll
want to verify that the duplicates are gone as I cannot easily test
performing the send and receive will get rid of the messages on your server.



Also, make your life a bit easier and export your account settings to .iaf
files from OE and import those into WM. You can find the button to export
under Tools>Accounts>Mail. You can import these account settings files into
WM in the same location in WM. Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail and import the
files from the location you saved them to. This will save you some time in
futzing around with configuring your e-mail settings. It's also not a bad
idea to export these and store them someplace safe so that in the event your
computer crashes you can bring your account settings back quickly.



As for inbox rules, luckily the registry format for rules is identical so
you can, with a little text editing, import your rules as well. Granted to
make this worthwhile you need to have enough rules that would warrant going
through the following process. I had about twenty so recreating all my
rules from scratch wasn't, in my opinion, a good use of my time. I would
recommend you perform the following after you have imported your mail and
you address book.



To import your rules:





1. Find out what identity you're using:

a. In OE go to Tools>Options>Maintenance and click on the "Store Folder"
button.

b. In the store folder button you will see a number enclosed in curly
braces. ex.

{F67B35AC-B631-46C8-88AA-6EFC5B2933A9}

This is your identity number. I'll reference it further as
<identity>





2. Export your rules:

a. Open regedit.exe

b. In regedit, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Rules



(you may see "6.0\Rules", it's 5.0 on my computer and I'll reference 5.0
from here on)



c. Right-click on "Mail" and select "Export"

d. Give it a name you can remember in a place on your computer you can find
and click "Save".





3. Edit your rules to import on your new computer:



a. Make a copy of the file you just saved and name it <whatever your file
was called>_Import.



ex. If your computer is setup to show extensions you will see
"MyMailRules.reg" rename this file to "MyMailRules_Import.reg"

if you don't see extensions you will only see "MyMailRules" and once renamed
"MyMailRules_Import"



b. Right-click on your new file (the one named ..._Import) and select
"Edit"

c. In Notepad select "Edit>Replace"

d. In the 'Replace' dialogue copy and paste the line up to 5.0 from the
first line of your ..._Import file:



ex. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0

into the "Find What" field.



e. Then paste the following line exactly as it's shown:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail into the "Replace With"
field.



f. In the replace dialogue, click on "Replace All"

g. Save your file.





4. Import the rules on your new computer:



a. Copy the ..._Import.reg file to your new computer

b. Double-click the file and when asked, "Are you sure..." answer yes.





5. Fix the Imported rules:



Because rules can reference specific locations in the mail folder structure
within OE some of your rules may be pointing to locations that don't
technically exist anymore. The same can hold true for rules that referenced
contacts, since you have moved to a new computer the contacts may be seen as
completely new. However, the structure of the rules is intact so, you just
need to repoint to rules the folders or contacts you want them to work with.
Modify each rule to match your requirements and you should be golden.

Your method for importing rules won't work because of the issues related to
the storing of the strings in the registry between OE and WinMail. One also
has to change those strings.

steve

"Jerry S" <notdisclosed@nada.tld> wrote in message
news:u8b0FGVWHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Ok, the steps may be easier to read in this post. The formatting didn't
> come out quite right in my last post.
>
>
>
>
>
> Hey Tony,
>
>
>
> To completely transfer your OE mail to Windows Mail you should not only
> transfer your messages but your account information and rules along with
> your address book. This isn't a comprehensive "Move OE to your new Vista
> computer" article but, I have included instructions on how to move your
> accounts and rules over from OE to WM in addition to the link to the
> website that is included that walks you through migrating your actual
> mail.
>
>
>
> See the website:
>
>
>
> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>
>
>
> This site gives great information on moving your data stores from OE on
> one machine to WM on another and is what I used to begin my e-mail
> migration from my old computer to my new one.
>
>
>
> A word of warning though, ** if you have your account set to leave mail on
> your mail server for a period of time ** after you get your accounts setup
> and all of your mail has been imported you will end up downloading
> duplicate messages for all the items you have out on your mail server.
> So, if you leave copies of your messages on the mail server for 10 days
> you will receive duplicate messages for everything you have gotten in the
> last 10 days. To prevent this you can turn this off in OE6 under
> Tools>Accounts>Mail>"Account Name">Properties>Advanced>Delivery and then
> perform a send and receive. If you have web-mail with your ISP use that
> to verify that there are no messages left on your mail server. I wasn't
> thinking when I did my move and had to delete about 120 messages. You'll
> want to verify that the duplicates are gone as I cannot easily test
> performing the send and receive will get rid of the messages on your
> server.
>
>
>
> Also, make your life a bit easier and export your account settings to .iaf
> files from OE and import those into WM. You can find the button to export
> under Tools>Accounts>Mail. You can import these account settings files
> into WM in the same location in WM. Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail and import
> the files from the location you saved them to. This will save you some
> time in futzing around with configuring your e-mail settings. It's also
> not a bad idea to export these and store them someplace safe so that in
> the event your computer crashes you can bring your account settings back
> quickly.
>
>
>
> As for inbox rules, luckily the registry format for rules is identical so
> you can, with a little text editing, import your rules as well. Granted
> to make this worthwhile you need to have enough rules that would warrant
> going through the following process. I had about twenty so recreating all
> my rules from scratch wasn't, in my opinion, a good use of my time. I
> would recommend you perform the following after you have imported your
> mail and you address book.
>
>
>
> To import your rules:
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. Find out what identity you're using:
>
> a. In OE go to Tools>Options>Maintenance and click on the "Store Folder"
> button.
>
> b. In the store folder button you will see a number enclosed in curly
> braces. ex.
>
> {F67B35AC-B631-46C8-88AA-6EFC5B2933A9}
>
> This is your identity number. I'll reference it further as
> <identity>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2. Export your rules:
>
> a. Open regedit.exe
>
> b. In regedit, navigate to
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0\Rules
>
>
>
> (you may see "6.0\Rules", it's 5.0 on my computer and I'll reference 5.0
> from here on)
>
>
>
> c. Right-click on "Mail" and select "Export"
>
> d. Give it a name you can remember in a place on your computer you can
> find and click "Save".
>
>
>
>
>
> 3. Edit your rules to import on your new computer:
>
>
>
> a. Make a copy of the file you just saved and name it <whatever your file
> was called>_Import.
>
>
>
> ex. If your computer is setup to show extensions you will see
> "MyMailRules.reg" rename this file to "MyMailRules_Import.reg"
>
> if you don't see extensions you will only see "MyMailRules" and once
> renamed "MyMailRules_Import"
>
>
>
> b. Right-click on your new file (the one named ..._Import) and select
> "Edit"
>
> c. In Notepad select "Edit>Replace"
>
> d. In the 'Replace' dialogue copy and paste the line up to 5.0 from the
> first line of your ..._Import file:
>
>
>
> ex. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0
>
> into the "Find What" field.
>
>
>
> e. Then paste the following line exactly as it's shown:
>
>
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail into the "Replace With"
> field.
>
>
>
> f. In the replace dialogue, click on "Replace All"
>
> g. Save your file.
>
>
>
>
>
> 4. Import the rules on your new computer:
>
>
>
> a. Copy the ..._Import.reg file to your new computer
>
> b. Double-click the file and when asked, "Are you sure..." answer yes.
>
>
>
>
>
> 5. Fix the Imported rules:
>
>
>
> Because rules can reference specific locations in the mail folder
> structure within OE some of your rules may be pointing to locations that
> don't technically exist anymore. The same can hold true for rules that
> referenced contacts, since you have moved to a new computer the contacts
> may be seen as completely new. However, the structure of the rules is
> intact so, you just need to repoint to rules the folders or contacts you
> want them to work with. Modify each rule to match your requirements and
> you should be golden.
>
>
>

That's odd, because in practice it works exactly as described. If you're
referring to the location that the rules are stored, that's covered in steps
3d - 3f. If you're referring to the pointers within the rules that
reference the objects within the OE data stores, that is covered in step 5.


Thanks,

Jerry S

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:8863F238-DB75-4479-AF76-16BE786D91A4@microsoft.com...
> Your method for importing rules won't work because of the issues related
> to the storing of the strings in the registry between OE and WinMail. One
> also has to change those strings.
>
> steve
>
> "Jerry S" <notdisclosed@nada.tld> wrote in message
> news:u8b0FGVWHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Ok, the steps may be easier to read in this post. The formatting didn't
>> come out quite right in my last post.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey Tony,
>>
>>
>>
>> To completely transfer your OE mail to Windows Mail you should not only
>> transfer your messages but your account information and rules along with
>> your address book. This isn't a comprehensive "Move OE to your new Vista
>> computer" article but, I have included instructions on how to move your
>> accounts and rules over from OE to WM in addition to the link to the
>> website that is included that walks you through migrating your actual
>> mail.
>>
>>
>>
>> See the website:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> This site gives great information on moving your data stores from OE on
>> one machine to WM on another and is what I used to begin my e-mail
>> migration from my old computer to my new one.
>>
>>
>>
>> A word of warning though, ** if you have your account set to leave mail
>> on your mail server for a period of time ** after you get your accounts
>> setup and all of your mail has been imported you will end up downloading
>> duplicate messages for all the items you have out on your mail server.
>> So, if you leave copies of your messages on the mail server for 10 days
>> you will receive duplicate messages for everything you have gotten in the
>> last 10 days. To prevent this you can turn this off in OE6 under
>> Tools>Accounts>Mail>"Account Name">Properties>Advanced>Delivery and then
>> perform a send and receive. If you have web-mail with your ISP use that
>> to verify that there are no messages left on your mail server. I wasn't
>> thinking when I did my move and had to delete about 120 messages. You'll
>> want to verify that the duplicates are gone as I cannot easily test
>> performing the send and receive will get rid of the messages on your
>> server.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, make your life a bit easier and export your account settings to
>> .iaf files from OE and import those into WM. You can find the button to
>> export under Tools>Accounts>Mail. You can import these account settings
>> files into WM in the same location in WM. Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail and
>> import the files from the location you saved them to. This will save you
>> some time in futzing around with configuring your e-mail settings. It's
>> also not a bad idea to export these and store them someplace safe so that
>> in the event your computer crashes you can bring your account settings
>> back quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> As for inbox rules, luckily the registry format for rules is identical so
>> you can, with a little text editing, import your rules as well. Granted
>> to make this worthwhile you need to have enough rules that would warrant
>> going through the following process. I had about twenty so recreating
>> all my rules from scratch wasn't, in my opinion, a good use of my time.
>> I would recommend you perform the following after you have imported your
>> mail and you address book.
>>
>>
>>
>> To import your rules:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Find out what identity you're using:
>>
>> a. In OE go to Tools>Options>Maintenance and click on the "Store Folder"
>> button.
>>
>> b. In the store folder button you will see a number enclosed in curly
>> braces. ex.
>>
>> {F67B35AC-B631-46C8-88AA-6EFC5B2933A9}
>>
>> This is your identity number. I'll reference it further as
>> <identity>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. Export your rules:
>>
>> a. Open regedit.exe
>>
>> b. In regedit, navigate to
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>> Express\5.0\Rules
>>
>>
>>
>> (you may see "6.0\Rules", it's 5.0 on my computer and I'll reference 5.0
>> from here on)
>>
>>
>>
>> c. Right-click on "Mail" and select "Export"
>>
>> d. Give it a name you can remember in a place on your computer you can
>> find and click "Save".
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. Edit your rules to import on your new computer:
>>
>>
>>
>> a. Make a copy of the file you just saved and name it <whatever your
>> file was called>_Import.
>>
>>
>>
>> ex. If your computer is setup to show extensions you will see
>> "MyMailRules.reg" rename this file to "MyMailRules_Import.reg"
>>
>> if you don't see extensions you will only see "MyMailRules" and once
>> renamed "MyMailRules_Import"
>>
>>
>>
>> b. Right-click on your new file (the one named ..._Import) and select
>> "Edit"
>>
>> c. In Notepad select "Edit>Replace"
>>
>> d. In the 'Replace' dialogue copy and paste the line up to 5.0 from the
>> first line of your ..._Import file:
>>
>>
>>
>> ex. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>> Express\5.0
>>
>> into the "Find What" field.
>>
>>
>>
>> e. Then paste the following line exactly as it's shown:
>>
>>
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail into the "Replace With"
>> field.
>>
>>
>>
>> f. In the replace dialogue, click on "Replace All"
>>
>> g. Save your file.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 4. Import the rules on your new computer:
>>
>>
>>
>> a. Copy the ..._Import.reg file to your new computer
>>
>> b. Double-click the file and when asked, "Are you sure..." answer yes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. Fix the Imported rules:
>>
>>
>>
>> Because rules can reference specific locations in the mail folder
>> structure within OE some of your rules may be pointing to locations that
>> don't technically exist anymore. The same can hold true for rules that
>> referenced contacts, since you have moved to a new computer the contacts
>> may be seen as completely new. However, the structure of the rules is
>> intact so, you just need to repoint to rules the folders or contacts you
>> want them to work with. Modify each rule to match your requirements and
>> you should be golden.
>>
>>
>>
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