Import accounts from OE6 to windows mail

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when I try to import i get this error "The import did not complete because an
error occurred"
 
Where are the files that are being imported.
Vista's Windows Mail has an problem with the correct path when importing..see this link for further info(note the part in 'Red')
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

...winston

: when I try to import i get this error "The import did not complete because an
: error occurred"
 
Larry said:
Do you have a solution for imorting the email accounts please?
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Export them from OE as IAF files. WinMail will import those.
 
I have 15 accounts... and Windows Mail only imports 4 of them... all the
rests... it gives me an error! and all the accounts where exported from the
same PC, same windows, same session, same minute!
 
I had the same experience with .IAF files, some work, some don't.
You'll just have to bite the bullet and create new accounts in WM manually.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Mats said:
I have 15 accounts... and Windows Mail only imports 4 of them... all the
rests... it gives me an error! and all the accounts where exported from the
same PC, same windows, same session, same minute!
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Manny P Cobangbang said:
:

I have 15 accounts... and Windows Mail only imports 4 of them... all the
rests... it gives me an error! and all the accounts where exported from
the
same PC, same windows, same session, same minute!
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Try re-exporting them. If it just doesn't work, look for a utility named
"mailpv", run it on the XP system and save the results. This will show you
the server names, plus usernames and passwords, for the OE accounts. It
won't, however, show port or SSL settings.

HTH
-pk

 
I was using Windows Live Mail before I had to reinstall Vista (the worst OS I
have ever used). Anyway, the fresh install of Windows Mail won't import any
of the AIF files I exported from WL or Outlook Express 6. I get the error
mentioned above.

The article you refer to is for importing mail, not account names. I
created my account manually, but I have 8 accounts and wish this program was
compatible with other MS mail programs. Is it too much to ask?

I've updated everything.
 
Since Windows Live Mail is a newer program, its IAF files are not
backwards compatible with WM. Newer features require new code
that the older program doesn't understand.
 
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