e-mail accounts

[Guest]

I just migrated my documents and settings from my old machine to the new one.
All 3 of the e-mail identities are now in my user account (administrator).
How do I move my wifes 2 identities to her user account? I'm using OE6.

 

[PA Bear]

That's one of the problems using FAST (assuming you did so). See...

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Here's the solution for your predicament:

1. Determine the store folder location of all three (3) identities in your
User Profile and which of them are hers. Each will have its own, unique
GUID (long series of numbers/letters):
http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain

2. In her User Profile, create her two (2) identities anew via OE File >
Identities > Add a new Identity.

[I would suggest /not/ using the default 'Main Identity' at all as its much
more prone to corruption; Delete it altogether after creating her two Named
Identities.]

3. To import her messages, in each of her two (2) identities:

File > Import > Messages > OE6 > from an identity (choose correct one) >
....

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

Importing OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx

 

[PA Bear]

PS: OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com

 

[Guest]

PA Bear, Thanks for your help. I'll try to tackle this tomorrow. Shawk