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importing mail to Outlook Express

#1 User is offline   pbuckne 

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Posted 20 June 2002 - 07:58 PM

In this case the question is on a win98 machine. The original drive has everything on it, and is cabled as the slave, and running D:\.

I have a customer wanting to import the mail from the D:\ drive that he had to the C:\. Problem is, I haven't as yet found the mail to do so. He was previously running WINME, now running 98SE.
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Posted 21 June 2002 - 01:26 AM

He needs to install the Internet Explorer/Outlook Express version which comes with Windows Me on his Windows 98 box (Or a newer version)

Then I think the following advise should work for him :

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/windows/tips.html#BACKUP_OE_MAIL
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#3 User is offline   pbuckne 

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Posted 21 June 2002 - 05:02 PM

I appreciate the link. I am used to corporate with their *.pst files. Makes life a lot easier, unless the file corrupts. :-)
Thanks again.
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Posted 21 June 2002 - 05:53 PM

If i remember correctly, you just find the mail containers on the other drive and copy them over the current ones. I have no idea where the containers would be but they are called *.dbx

there is inbox.dbx, outbox.dbx etc.
try this out.
Do not move them just copy them just in case i am wrong.
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Posted 21 June 2002 - 09:45 PM

Yes that is how I have done it when I didn't Export Mail and Settings to begin with. You can just drag and drop the .dbx files.
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#6 User is offline   pbuckne 

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Posted 23 June 2002 - 04:26 PM

I appreciate the bytes gentlemen. Not sure if you have ever had to obtain data from a customers dying drive, but they freak out over the slightest thing. Thanks again.
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