Transfer messages from Outlook to Outlook Express - 2 computers

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I have a new Dell with Windows XP and Outlook.
All my messages and addresses are on a Sony Vaio running Windows 98SE and
Outlook Express (my preference of the two email programs).
I've copied the folders and messages to a zip drive from
C://Windows/Applications/Identities...
According to Microsoft Online, I'm supposed to be able to stick this
information in the Data Folder within the Maintenance Tab under Options in
Tools.
There is no Maintenance tab that I can find anywhere. Help! And once I find
the correct location, what's next?
Thanks, Diane
 
For info on OExpress http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
or post in an OE ng
If your msgs are in OE and you wish to transfer them to OL both Apps must be
on the same pc.
Once msgs are in OE on new pc export them to OL (You can import but modified
dates are changed)
Your new Dell will have OE allready installed, if this is your pref. theres
no need to use OL
 
Sorry, I don't understand.
Is there no way for me to move the folders/messages from one machine
(running 98SE with Outlook Express 6.0) to the new machine (running XP with
Outlook 2003) intact? What happens when I tell OE to Export? It ran through
all the folders and then disappeared. I have no idea where to find it and if
I did what to do with it then.
Is there an internet site where I could upload my OE stuff and then
inport/download it to my OL program? It just doesn't seem possible that every
message I've had in the last three years is permanently locked inside my old
Vaio.
Should my questions be posted in another thread area?
Thanks again,
Diane in CA
 
If you were using OE on a the old pc, you have to import your msgs etc into
OE on the new pc, prior to exporting to OL on the new pc. You cannot take
your msgs from the old pc (using OE) and import them directly to OL on the
new pc.
see http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ on how to move OE msg store from old pc
to new pc
ie.
(1) OE msg store on old pc move to OE on new pc
(2) OE msg store on new pc export to OL on new pc
 
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