Moving email folders from OE on one computer to Outlook on another (or to OE)

[Charles Kenyon]

I'm helping a friend who is changing from a Win 98 computer using OE to an
XP Pro computer using Outlook 2003. What files do I need to copy from the
old computer to import his email files (received and sent mail)?

TIA
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[SgtRich]

I'm helping a friend who is changing from a Win 98 computer using OE to an
XP Pro computer using Outlook 2003. What files do I need to copy from the
old computer to import his email files (received and sent mail)?

Since this newsgroup is for Outlook, not Outlook Express, I don't know which
files you'll need to back up the old OE files.

However, what you'll need to do is import the old OE files into OE on the
new machine, then export from OE into Outlook.
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[Guest]

Charles
easiest way would be to install Outlook on old pc first when you run it it
will detect OE settings and data and ask if you want to import , accept this
kind offer when its finished search for *.pst , copy this file onto new PC
and import into Outlook using import wizard. alternitivly use the
file\settings transfer wizard on the XP PC. this will take docs, mail, and
anything else you want from your old PC to the new one
Hope this helps, good luck

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Thank you. I guess I'll try importing from OE on the old machine and then
exporting to a pst file to import on the new machine.
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Charles Kenyon

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[Charles Kenyon]

Good suggestion. The old machine has Outlook, he just wasn't using it. I'll
import from OE on that machine, export to a .pst file and then move that
file to the new machine.

Thank you.
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[Brian Tillman]

I'm helping a friend who is changing from a Win 98 computer using OE
to an XP Pro computer using Outlook 2003. What files do I need to
copy from the old computer to import his email files (received and
sent mail)?

http://www.oehelp.com/oebackup/default.aspx can help

 

[Brian Tillman]

Charles
easiest way would be to install Outlook on old pc first

I disagree. The easiest way would be to transfer as Outlook Express to the
new PC, import into OE there and then export to Outlook on the new PC. That
avoids any activation problems that may arise, for one thing.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Good suggestion. The old machine has Outlook, he just wasn't using
it. I'll import from OE on that machine, export to a .pst file and
then move that file to the new machine.

Don't import messages from OE using Outlook (Contacts are OK). Rather,
export from OE to Outlook. That will preserve the message time stamps.
Importing with Outlook from OE changes all the message received dates to be
the time of import. Also, don't export to a PST. When you properly
configured Outlook, it will create a PST. After the export of messages (and
import of addresses with Outlook), close Outlook and just COPY THAT PST. On
the receiving end, don't import. Configure Outlook and then copy the PST to
the HD (removing the read-only attribute if it is set) to whatever folder
you want, making sure you don't overwrite any existing PST of the same name
(or you will corrupt your mail profile). Open that PST in Outlook with
File>Open>Outlook Data File. You can then either copy the data from the
moved PST to the one already in Outlook or you can simply begin using the
copied PST by designating it as your delivery location.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Thank you for the additional info.

Charles Kenyon