Bug while importing OE6 mail folders to Windows Mail

[cedric]

Looked in KB, google, but this looks like an unknown bug ,
so here it is:

-> OE6 up to date & Windows Mail up to date.

Importing mail folders from Outlook Express 6 to Windows Mail works fine,
except if the folder name contains a / (slash) in it :
In that case, the part before the / is just lost in translation.

Any idea how to fix this ?
I need to import a pile of folders, nearly all containing a /
Names are important and cant be modified...

thx,
Cedric

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Looked in KB, google, but this looks like an unknown bug ,
so here it is:

-> OE6 up to date & Windows Mail up to date.

Importing mail folders from Outlook Express 6 to Windows Mail works fine,
except if the folder name contains a / (slash) in it :
In that case, the part before the / is just lost in translation.

Any idea how to fix this ?
I need to import a pile of folders, nearly all containing a /
Names are important and cant be modified...

I would not consider that a bug. A file/folder should not have a slash in
its name.

 

[Dave]

Windows will not support the following characters in filenames
" * / : < > ? \ |

http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2005/11/17/maximizing-filesystem-portability/

 

[cedric]

Thanks for your answer.

I was considering the folder names in OE6,
not the file names on hard drive.
kind of thinking Outlook would translate them

ie: a folder named GC/south/maingc in OE would be stored
under a file name like:
GC_south_maingc.dbx
or at least OE wouldn't not allowing me to create such folders in OE...

obviously i was wrong

Cedric