Vista - Re: howto export from WIN Mail to OE6?

Crossposted to the Windows Vista Mail newsgroup for better advice.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Pflueger" <phluge1@yaBLOODYhoot.com> wrote in message
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> I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere but I could not find any
> answers
> even on Google.
>
> I want to export messages from Windows (vista) Mail to OE6. Seems like it
> should be straightforward, but, for one thing Windows Mail is not listed
> in
> the choices OE6 gives you to export from. I tried different choices but
> each
> time I get the error "There are no files or some other app has them open
> and
> you need to close it" even though no other apps are open.
>
> I even tried changing the .eml attributes to .dbx and got the same.
>
> Any suggestions or can you point me to a Tut?
>
> TIA
>
> Pflu
>
>

Drag all your messages out into a hard drive folder, they'll all end with
..EML. Drag all these into a an OE6 folder or folders.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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> Crossposted to the Windows Vista Mail newsgroup for better advice.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
> "Pflueger" <phluge1@yaBLOODYhoot.com> wrote in message
> news:%23baFQ1T2HHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere but I could not find any
> > answers
> > even on Google.
> >
> > I want to export messages from Windows (vista) Mail to OE6. Seems like
it
> > should be straightforward, but, for one thing Windows Mail is not listed
> > in
> > the choices OE6 gives you to export from. I tried different choices but
> > each
> > time I get the error "There are no files or some other app has them open
> > and
> > you need to close it" even though no other apps are open.
> >
> > I even tried changing the .eml attributes to .dbx and got the same.
> >
> > Any suggestions or can you point me to a Tut?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Pflu
> >
> >
>

Perfect. Thanks, Hal.


"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" <hhh@kvoa.com> wrote in message
news:egH6jAV2HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Drag all your messages out into a hard drive folder, they'll all end with
> .EML. Drag all these into a an OE6 folder or folders.
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:OuStg3U2HHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Crossposted to the Windows Vista Mail newsgroup for better advice.
> > --
> > Bruce Hagen
> > MS-MVP Outlook Express
> > Imperial Beach, CA
> >
> > "Pflueger" <phluge1@yaBLOODYhoot.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23baFQ1T2HHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > > I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere but I could not find any
> > > answers
> > > even on Google.
> > >
> > > I want to export messages from Windows (vista) Mail to OE6. Seems like
> it
> > > should be straightforward, but, for one thing Windows Mail is not
listed
> > > in
> > > the choices OE6 gives you to export from. I tried different choices
but
> > > each
> > > time I get the error "There are no files or some other app has them
open
> > > and
> > > you need to close it" even though no other apps are open.
> > >
> > > I even tried changing the .eml attributes to .dbx and got the same.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions or can you point me to a Tut?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Pflu
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>