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transfering messages from Outlook express...

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  • 16-10-2003 1:46pm
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    suppafly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭


    So yeah i'm fixing up some ones comp cuz they just got a new one so i've transfered all the files except for the messages in outlook express. I couldn't work out how to export them. So can some one tell me how to transfer them to another comp? thanks


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    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    Take a look around this site: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com


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    GUI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭GUI


    not well documentated
    but outlook supports drag and drop of emails..

    bascially do a select all on the folder u wanna backup

    and drag all the messages into another windows folder

    all the messages are created as individual files with .eml extension

    great for transfer between ppl also


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Originally posted by GUI
    not well documentated
    but outlook supports drag and drop of emails..

    bascially do a select all on the folder u wanna backup

    and drag all the messages into another windows folder

    all the messages are created as individual files with .eml extension

    great for transfer between ppl also
    gah, i wish i'd known that last year.
    i put all my faith in an app called backrex outlook express backup, or somesuch.
    pile of useless crap tbh.


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    suppafly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Originally posted by GUI
    not well documentated
    but outlook supports drag and drop of emails..

    bascially do a select all on the folder u wanna backup

    and drag all the messages into another windows folder

    all the messages are created as individual files with .eml extension

    great for transfer between ppl also


    amd when u transfer them onto the other computer how do u get them back into Outlook Express? Do u just drag them back in or do u do some import thing?


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    GUI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭GUI


    just select all
    and drag and drop!


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    suppafly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    right cool, thanks lads


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    niallb
    Registered Users Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭niallb


    If the new machine has Windows XP on it,
    look for the item called something like
    File and Settings Migration or transfer Wizard
    It should be on the start menu for a newly installed machine.

    Run it and give it a floppy when it asks you to.
    It's the business.
    Stick the floppy in the old machine and run the program on the disk.
    It'll pack up all the mails address book and files on the old PC,
    stick them in a folder and let you import them onto the new machine.
    Different versions of Outlook and Outlook express are pigs for talking
    to each other which is why Microsot must have written this program.

    You can copy files over on a floppy if you don't have a lot of mail,
    but really you'll need a serial/parallel cable or an ethernet cable.
    If you have a CD burner on the old machine you can use that.
    You just need to get the files to the new machine
    and the wizard does the rest.
    NiallB


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