Yes, it does...maybe I'll learn how to type one day. :-/ Bad case of CRS
syndrome, what can I say? Thanks for the correction.

Hal
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<robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> Doesn't Windows Mail save the messages as .eml files, not .emf files?
>
> "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" <hhh@kvoa.com> wrote in message
> news:ud62Gx3tIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > 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
> > --
> > 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
> > Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
> >
> > "diablo333911" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> > news:9158b2f8b8c26d2a9a0e097842405977@nntp-gateway.com...
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> diablo333911
> >
> >
>
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