Importing Mail and Newsgroups

[Norma Jordan]

I am at a loss-
I have purchased new computer with Windows XP.
My old computer had Windows 98.

I am now on my new computer and wish to import all my
EMail messages, (Inbox, Sent, Drafts, etc.) also my
Newsgroups that I had subscribed to.

I used the import wizard and have had no success. It
only provides areas to import from that are on the new
computer. No help. I know where the files are on the
old computer. They are .dbx files stored in
Windows/Applications....

There is no such animal on this new computer to import
them to. I have also transferred these files (from the
old computer) to a CD. For instance, my Inbox shows a
file size of 12 MB's. Unfortunately I tried to open it
with Word Pad and got a garbled mess. This also changed
all the icons for all the OE files to open in Word Pad.
I will deal with that problem later.

Why is this so difficult? Oh, I also downloaded a
program that was supposed to import .dbx files and all I
got was a duplicate of the messages that I already had on
my new computer. Sorry this is so complicated.

Thank you for any help-
Norma

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Norma,

See this article on backing up and restoring the OE mail and news files:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

Fortunately, you can do this from a Win98 system to a WinXP system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone