How can I combine .dbx files?

[Barry]

My computer crashed and I had to replace some of my
system files with backups. Now that Windows XP
Professional is running again, I have been trying to set
up Outlook Express the way it was before. After I
recreated my email accounts O.E. downloaded all the email
messages that had been sent to me during the time when my
system was down. My problem was that I had none of my old
email folders and messages, so I changed my O.E. Store
Folder to its previous location. I now have all my old
folders and email messages, but none of the recent
messages that I downloaded today. I know where the
new .dbx files are located, but how can I extract their
contents and transfer them to the old ones so that I can
have my old and new email all together?

 

[Alias]

My computer crashed and I had to replace some of my
system files with backups. Now that Windows XP
Professional is running again, I have been trying to set
up Outlook Express the way it was before. After I
recreated my email accounts O.E. downloaded all the email
messages that had been sent to me during the time when my
system was down. My problem was that I had none of my old
email folders and messages, so I changed my O.E. Store
Folder to its previous location. I now have all my old
folders and email messages, but none of the recent
messages that I downloaded today. I know where the
new .dbx files are located, but how can I extract their
contents and transfer them to the old ones so that I can
have my old and new email all together?

File

Import

Self explanatory.

Alias

 

[Barry]

Thanks, I knew it was simple. But I still have a problem.
When I tried to import the email messages from the Store
Folder that Windows XP created today, I found that it no
longer exists! Does this mean that when I changed the
location of the Store Folder, that its existing email
messages were all deleted?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Thanks, I knew it was simple. But I still have a problem.
When I tried to import the email messages from the Store
Folder that Windows XP created today, I found that it no
longer exists! Does this mean that when I changed the
location of the Store Folder, that its existing email
messages were all deleted?

Probably not. But note - this is a Windows XP group. You really ought to
post OE questions to a more relevant group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

 

[Kath Adams]

Probably - you should NOT change the location of the store folder until
you have first created the store folder. In telling OE to change to your
old mail store folder it has probably overwritten what you already had,
your new stuff. What you should have done is imported the old mail
folders.

A couple of useful links.
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm