Import / date questions

[Woody UK]

Hi

I have imported a lot of email (15,000) from Thunderbird > converted
from mbox > .eml - dragged the email into Outlook express and then
imported into Outlook2003. All has worked fine ish- but a lot of
messages have the "received" field set as todays date / time. If I
select the "sent" field that is correct. Is there anyway to reset the
date on an email message in outlook (ideally on mass) - what is the
difference between the Sent field and the received field ?

Thanks

 

[woodyuk]

Hi

Just did a check, and the data in outlook express is correct. Its when
I did the import into Outlook2003 from Outlook Express that it messed
up the recieved date.

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have imported a lot of email (15,000) from Thunderbird > converted
from mbox > .eml - dragged the email into Outlook express and then
imported into Outlook2003. All has worked fine ish- but a lot of
messages have the "received" field set as todays date / time.

That's the result of importing them from OE with OL. Next time, export them
from OE into OL and you'll preserve the received date.

 

[woodyuk]

Genius! ;-) Thanks ... worked a treat.

Also do you know a way to extract all attachments and replace with a
file link that its freeware ?

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

Also do you know a way to extract all attachments and replace with a
file link that its freeware ?

Nope, but see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/housekeeping.htm for some
tools that can help with attachments.