Windows Mail Exporting messages

Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows Mail
program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export program
keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have 60
gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts but
not the messages.

Which export program? You may want to try Vista's Windows Easy transfer.

Gary VanderMolen

"Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:05D2F441-5AA6-4391-A754-79C5224CE415@microsoft.com...
> Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows Mail
> program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export program
> keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have 60
> gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
> having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts but
> not the messages.

Thanks for the reply. I can't use windows transfer because the exporting
computer has a number of corrupted files/programs so a replacement computer
was sent to me. I do not want those corrupted files/settings on the
replacement computer, so I am selectively copying and transfering files. The
mail program is the Windows Mail program that comes with Vista. The mail
messages are being exported to an external hard drive and then imported on to
Windows Mail (Vista) program.



"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Which export program? You may want to try Vista's Windows Easy transfer.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:05D2F441-5AA6-4391-A754-79C5224CE415@microsoft.com...
> > Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows Mail
> > program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export program
> > keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have 60
> > gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
> > having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts but
> > not the messages.
>
>
>

You can use the custom settings in Windows Easy Transfer to transfer
just the mail data. No program files will be transferred in any case.

Gary VanderMolen

"Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:66D630D1-0A04-4E16-88AA-A575EA307E65@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply. I can't use windows transfer because the exporting
> computer has a number of corrupted files/programs so a replacement computer
> was sent to me. I do not want those corrupted files/settings on the
> replacement computer, so I am selectively copying and transfering files. The
> mail program is the Windows Mail program that comes with Vista. The mail
> messages are being exported to an external hard drive and then imported on to
> Windows Mail (Vista) program.
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Which export program? You may want to try Vista's Windows Easy transfer.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> "Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:05D2F441-5AA6-4391-A754-79C5224CE415@microsoft.com...
>> > Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows Mail
>> > program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export program
>> > keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have 60
>> > gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
>> > having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts but
>> > not the messages.
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Gary. I will give it a try.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> You can use the custom settings in Windows Easy Transfer to transfer
> just the mail data. No program files will be transferred in any case.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:66D630D1-0A04-4E16-88AA-A575EA307E65@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the reply. I can't use windows transfer because the exporting
> > computer has a number of corrupted files/programs so a replacement computer
> > was sent to me. I do not want those corrupted files/settings on the
> > replacement computer, so I am selectively copying and transfering files. The
> > mail program is the Windows Mail program that comes with Vista. The mail
> > messages are being exported to an external hard drive and then imported on to
> > Windows Mail (Vista) program.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> >
> >> Which export program? You may want to try Vista's Windows Easy transfer.
> >>
> >> Gary VanderMolen
> >>
> >> "Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:05D2F441-5AA6-4391-A754-79C5224CE415@microsoft.com...
> >> > Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows Mail
> >> > program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export program
> >> > keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have 60
> >> > gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
> >> > having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts but
> >> > not the messages.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

"Mark 246" <Mark246@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05D2F441-5AA6-4391-A754-79C5224CE415@microsoft.com...
> Wow, I need some help trying to export my mail messages from one Windows
> Mail
> program (Vista) to another Windows Mail Program (Vista). The Export
> program
> keeps giving me an error that I do not have enough disk space, but I have
> 60
> gig of free space on the external hard drive I am using. How do I avoid
> having this crazy error message? I was able to export the mail contacts
> but
> not the messages.

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