How to recieve sent e-mails

[asprint]

I have a desktop installed with XP + SP3 and use Windows Office 2000.

E-mails are sent and recieved using Outlet Express.

I have now have a laptop as well installed with Vista + SP1 and currently
just using the standard installed Works package.

E-mails are now being handled via the Vista installed Windows Mail.

When I first connected up to the e-mail service on the laptop it has
downloaded ALL of the mails that were currently in the inbox under my e-mail
address.

However, none of the previously sent e-mails have been downloaded onto my
laptop.

How can I recover and install in Windows mail the previously sent e-mails
sent on outlet express and what can I do so that I can sent and receive the
same e-mails on either my laptop or desktop?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have a desktop installed with XP + SP3 and use Windows Office 2000.

E-mails are sent and recieved using Outlet Express.

I have now have a laptop as well installed with Vista + SP1 and currently
just using the standard installed Works package.

Works isn't really a factor with this.

E-mails are now being handled via the Vista installed Windows Mail.

When I first connected up to the e-mail service on the laptop it has
downloaded ALL of the mails that were currently in the inbox under my
e-mail
address.

That would be because the incoming mail was still on the server, and OE was
set to not delete it when read.

However, none of the previously sent e-mails have been downloaded onto my
laptop.

That would be normal, because when you send mail using OE through a server,
it usually doesn't keep a copy of the outgoing mail. It's ignored, as you
will see if you go to the web mail interface and look at the Sent Items
folder. There, ony items that you send *from the web interface* will be
stored.

How can I recover and install in Windows mail the previously sent e-mails

Get the OE mail folder over to the Vista system, and import them into WM.
Use File, Import, Messages, Outlook Express, Store Folder. Import to the
Sent Items folder.

sent on outlet express and what can I do so that I can sent and receive
the
same e-mails on either my laptop or desktop?

Synchronising sent mail will be a problem this way. You might consider
switching to IMAP from POP if this is really a need for you.

Incoming mail is not a problem, just set both clients to leave mail on the
server for X days.

HTH
-pk

 

[asprint]

Thank you for your reply and comments.

When I select File - Import - Messages there is no option to select
"Outlook Express"

There is Microsoft Outlook and some other Microsoft options but not OE.

If I select Microsoft Outlook I get the error message "Messages cannot be
imported from the MAPI client".

Is there a way that I can install OE onto the laptop with Vista?

 

[Dave]

Are you in Windows Mail?
You should see:
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook Express 6 <==========
Microsoft Windows Mail


You can't import from Outlook, unless Outlook is installed.
No, you can't install OE on Vista.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Thank you for your reply and comments.

When I select File - Import - Messages there is no option to select
"Outlook Express"

On my Windows Mail install there is, 3rd option down. On Windows Live Mail
it's in basically the same place.

Please go to Help, about, and identify the actual mail client.

There is Microsoft Outlook and some other Microsoft options but not OE.

If I select Microsoft Outlook I get the error message "Messages cannot be
imported from the MAPI client".

You need to install Office/Outlook to use this, but IIRC you don't have to
even run it *once*, or activate it. Borrow a disk, install it, do the
import, uninstall it, return the disk.

Other mail apps, such as the Mailtraq mail server, also require an Outlook
install to import PST files.