Try posting this in an Outlook Express news group - this is not one of them.
Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office and is what this group supports.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and has its own news groups.
You can also find some good Outlook Express information here:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After furious head scratching, Just Wondering asked:
| || On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:43:02 -0800, IanRoy
||
||| There certainly is, but they vary by data format and location
||| depending on the e-mail client, operating system, and version of
||| each. So for a more detailed answer, post back with that
||| information for both old and new machines, and someone may have an
||| answer.
|||
||| "Just Wondering" wrote:
|||
|||| Hi , i've bought a new laptop and i need to transfer across, all
|||| my old emails to my new laptop , as theres quite a lot of
|||| important information in
|||| the emails spanning around 18months , i really need to keep them.
||||
|||| is there a data file i can copy across to my new laptop so that it
|||| has all
|||| my old emails etc ? is this possible.
||||
|||| Advice welcomed.
||||
||||
||||
||
|| Howdy,
||
|| Assuming that the OP posted to an Outlook group with
|| cause...<g>
||
|| Search for a file with the extension PST (might be
|| OUTLOOK.PST) and move it to the new system.
||
|| Then you will have to tell Outlook on the new system to
|| point to that file.
||
|| It contains everything you need.
||
|| All the best,
||
|| --
|| Kenneth
||
|| If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
|
|
| Thank you for your reply , i'm running outlook express , i've made a
| search via the standard xp search for files and folders , but its not
| turned up any pst files , one thing i can add though , is that i am
| using a spam filter that works very well called K9 , i'm not sure
| this would of renamed the file , i doudt it though.
|
| So i'm a bit stuck....