Import dbx files to windows mail

Hi all,

How do i import my old oe6 files "dbx" into windows mail?

Regdars Jan

Copy all the DBX files, including Folders.dbx, into a folder on your Vista
setup. (if you use a CD, make sure the files have the Read-Only attribute
cleared after copying to the Vista folder), then open Windows Mail and use
its menu, File/Import/Messages - pointing it to the folder containing the
old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.


"Jan Rockstedt" <nospam@spam.org> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> How do i import my old oe6 files "dbx" into windows mail?
>
> Regdars Jan

Import in Windows Mail from Outlook Express Folder.

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Alezito
Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
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"Jan Rockstedt" <nospam@spam.org> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> How do i import my old oe6 files "dbx" into windows mail?
>
> Regdars Jan

"Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote

> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.

Can't someone fix that?

Please...

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> "Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote
>
>> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.
>
> Can't someone fix that?
>
> Please...

We have asked for it for years. Users should be the ones to decide what
info they can import/export. But, no success.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.

Thanks Jim,

After the moving the files from my desktop to the win-mail folder it work ok
with the import menu.

/Jan

"Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Copy all the DBX files, including Folders.dbx, into a folder on your Vista
> setup. (if you use a CD, make sure the files have the Read-Only attribute
> cleared after copying to the Vista folder), then open Windows Mail and use
> its menu, File/Import/Messages - pointing it to the folder containing the
> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
> Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.
>
>
> "Jan Rockstedt" <nospam@spam.org> wrote in message
> news:2D86A30C-3A0E-489E-BBB4-2D4193B84EA9@microsoft.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> How do i import my old oe6 files "dbx" into windows mail?
>>
>> Regdars Jan
>

"Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote

>>> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.
>> Can't someone fix that?
> We have asked for it for years. Users should be the ones to decide what
> info they can import/export. But, no success.

Can't it be accomplished with a plug-in/add-on?

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> "Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote
>
>>>> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor
>>>> export.
>>> Can't someone fix that?
>> We have asked for it for years. Users should be the ones to decide what
>> info they can import/export. But, no success.
>
> Can't it be accomplished with a plug-in/add-on?
>

None presently exist that I'm aware of. The registry info differs between
Outlook Express and Vista, so that "cloning" as we used to do for earlier
versions of OE no longer work.
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/clone.htm

But, we may see a utility sometime in the near future. Stay tuned.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.

Hi;

Pardon me for jumping in, but I'd like to offer an answer. Still No. <G>

The reason is that MS has no idea what server you use to get your news
feed(s). And no two news servers have exactly the same number of messages,
the same index of the messages they have, and the same updating schedule.

Therefore it is impossible for MS to "maintain" or "import" news messages,
since there can't be a certainty on the starting and end points for doing
any of those actions. IOW, your ISP will have a totally different index of
files than would Server1 at msnews.microsoft.com --- and Server1 at
msnews.microsoft.com will be slightly different than Server2 at
msnews.microsoft.com, etc., etc.

It is worth noting that WinMail makes using/importing/recovering older
WinMail folders better than any version of OE.

HTH


--

....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
===========

In news:12po2ksg5e62c09@news.supernews.com,
Opinicus <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote:
> "Jim Pickering" <jimp (AT) mvps.org> wrote
>
>> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor
>> export.
>
> Can't someone fix that?

When I try and import from OE6 I receive an error dialog that says "No
messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that
has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing
applications that may have filess open". The folder I am referring to
contains all the OE6 dbx files from my xp install and I am am also running
Outlook 2003.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> Copy all the DBX files, including Folders.dbx, into a folder on your Vista
> setup. (if you use a CD, make sure the files have the Read-Only attribute
> cleared after copying to the Vista folder), then open Windows Mail and use
> its menu, File/Import/Messages - pointing it to the folder containing the
> old DBX files. Be aware that newsgroups will neither import nor export.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
> Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.
>
>
> "Jan Rockstedt" <nospam@spam.org> wrote in message
> news:2D86A30C-3A0E-489E-BBB4-2D4193B84EA9@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > How do i import my old oe6 files "dbx" into windows mail?
> >
> > Regdars Jan
>