Import/Export E-mail Help Needed

[txbanditrydr]

I would like to transfer some emails out of one computer (Win 98SE / Outlook Express 5) to another computer (Win XP / Outlook Express 6)

When I used the Import/Export wizard it tells me my default mail client is not Outlook (not Express) and to set it as the default.  I don't use Outlook so how do I transfer these emails????  Thought I'd ask before charging off to computer hell.  

 

[Sven]

Someone may have a more elegant solution, but here's several ways I know of:

If you have not set up your new system, you can back up the place where your old emails are stored, copy them to the new system, and then tell the new system where to look for them.  On your old system, under OPTIONS, look to see where your personal storage folder is located (this might be under the MAINTENANCE tab).  That's the file you want to back up.  On the new system, find out where your personal storage fold is located, and overwrite it with the one from your old system.

Another option:  Set up a second "indentity" on the new system, and copy the old personal storage folder there, and then use the import feature to import the messages from one identity to another,

Finally:  You can save the individual messages you want to keep as separate files.  Hilite the message and do File | Save As and give it a name.  Save them to a CD, and then on your new system, drag'n'drop them into your Outlook Express mail bin.

Hope this helps, if you have questions or need more precise guidance, let me know.  This would be much easier in Outlook!

[mike]

Outlook express common questions:
http://www.cornerstonesoftware.ca/HowTo/HowTo.htm

* Exporting e-mail from Outlook Express
    * Importing e-mail into Outlook Express
    * Exporting your e-mail addresses from Outlook Express
    * Importing our e-mail addresses from Outlook Express

I haven't use "Old English" Express in a long time, so I'm fuzzy on your default mail client issue.  Though with most, there will be a checkbox somewhere in the tools options menus/tabs that say "check/uncheck to have this program check to see if its the default program (for whatever the program is doing".

Standard old Microsoft Outlook that comes with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc..) stores everything associated with each user in a pst file.  But, I'm pretty sure OE Express doesn't use this method.  They'd prefer to keep it proprietary;  which means if you wanna go from OE express to thunderbird - good frekkin luck....

Then again you coud always forward the important ones to a freebee net account for storage. Though it may take a while...

Good luck,
Mike :)

[txbanditrydr]

Wow... thanks guys.... sorta glad it's more difficult than it ought to be - don't feel quite so stupid now.  Looks like it's gonna be my project for work Monday morning (ulk)