Moving Outlook Express .dbx files and the mailbox to Outlook 2007

[Gary]

I am moving files to a new computer equipped with the Vista operating system
and on which Office 2007 is installed. Is it possible to move Outlook
Express .dbx files to the Personal Folder (.pst); If so, how? Also, how does
one move the mailbox from Outlook Express to Outlook?

 

[Gordon]

I am moving files to a new computer equipped with the Vista operating
system
and on which Office 2007 is installed. Is it possible to move Outlook
Express .dbx files to the Personal Folder (.pst); If so, how? Also, how
does
one move the mailbox from Outlook Express to Outlook?

Transfer your mail from OE to Windows Mail as below:

Copy ALL the mail files from OE (including the one called Folders.dbx) and
paste them into a folder you have created on your new machine, to which you
have read/write permissions. A folder within your Documents folder would
seem to be the best place.
Then in Windows Mail, do File-Import-Messages, highlight Microsoft Outlook
Express, and click next.
Make sure that "Import from an OE6 Store directory is checked, (that's why
you need to copy the folders.dbx file, because that tells WM the folder is
an OE message store) and click on OK. Browse to the folder you created.

Then export your mail from Windows Mail to Outlook.

 

[DL]

You have to make your Express msg store available to Windows Mail, before
you can then export msgs from Mail to Outlook
(Outlook has to be configured)