Problem in importing DBX files to MOE

[Venucirra]

Hi,
I am facing a problem with the OE. I took a back-up of outlook express
mails, before formating my PC. After every thing is done, when I tried to
import those files which are in DBX format, only few files got import. Our
internal mails, which are on our firm name did not get imported. Rest like
the mails i sent and the one which I received from out siders theough with
the import.
So can you please help in importing rest of my internal files. For example
here we work around 15 people, and have official maild IDs with the firm
name. I need to import these files back to outlook exp or outlook.
All these mails are very important to me. Please help me in this regards.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,
I am facing a problem with the OE. I took a back-up of outlook express
mails, before formating my PC. After every thing is done, when I tried to
import those files which are in DBX format, only few files got import. Our
internal mails, which are on our firm name did not get imported. Rest like
the mails i sent and the one which I received from out siders theough with
the import.
So can you please help in importing rest of my internal files. For example
here we work around 15 people, and have official maild IDs with the firm
name. I need to import these files back to outlook exp or outlook.
All these mails are very important to me. Please help me in this regards.

Best to ask the experts in an OE newsgroup.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hi,
I am facing a problem with the OE. I took a back-up of outlook express
mails, before formating my PC. After every thing is done, when I tried to
import those files which are in DBX format, only few files got import. Our
internal mails, which are on our firm name did not get imported. Rest like
the mails i sent and the one which I received from out siders theough with
the import.
So can you please help in importing rest of my internal files. For example
here we work around 15 people, and have official maild IDs with the firm
name. I need to import these files back to outlook exp or outlook.
All these mails are very important to me. Please help me in this regards.

You need to ask in the OE group, but how did you import? One way is to put
*all* of the files, including folders.dbx, in one folder, and then choose
"import from store folder".

HTH
-pk

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Crossposted to OE General]

If the back-up set doesn't include FOLDERS.DBX, you're pretty much SOL.

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx <=includes info on Windows Mail in Vista

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (paragraph before the Windows Mail
section)

 

[Patrick Keenan]

[Crossposted to OE General]

If the back-up set doesn't include FOLDERS.DBX, you're pretty much SOL.

IIRC, I've found that I have worked around that by creating a new
folders.dbx with the folder names required. I had the original folder set
(without the folders.dbx) off in another folder, opened OE and made folders
with all the appropriate names. Then exited OE, copied that new
folders.dbx over to the "old" fileset folder. Once that was done, OE was
able to recognise the "old" folders file as a message store folder and the
import could proceed.

-pk