Doesn't Windows Mail save the messages as .eml files, not .emf files?

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" <hhh@kvoa.com> wrote in message
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> Don't export the mail. Windows Mail saves email messages as discrete .EMF
> files; copy these files from Windows Mail's storage folders onto a
> portable
> device or CD, take that to the XP machine, start XP and open Outlook
> Express, browse to your portable device or CD with Windows Explorer, then
> drag and drop these .EMF files into open Outlook Express folders - .EMF is
> the native file format for OE, so they drop right in. As Robert points
> out,
> the error you're getting is from trying to export to Office Outlook, which
> uses a totally different methodology for storing email. Exporting to
> Office
> Outlook requires that it be installed to handle this special format; with
> Outlook Express, the format is the same for individual messages, so you
> just
> drag and drop.
>
> Hal
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> "diablo333911" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:9158b2f8b8c26d2a9a0e097842405977@nntp-gateway.com...
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>> I recently got Windows XP, because I remember it being alot better than
>> Vista. I have one problem, I can't seem to export my Windows Mail
>> messages to Outlook Express Format. I get the error "An error occured
>> while initializing MAPI". Now, I have heard that I accually need Outlook
>> Express to fix this error. If anyone can confirm that, and show me where
>> to download Outlook Express, that would be awesome. Thanks
>>
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>> diablo333911
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