VBA code to export Outlook 2k to OE 6

[Charles E Finkenbiner]

Hi All,

After attempting several ways of getting my email from Outlook 2000
into Outlook Express I have to give up. The reason is because of a
bug in the Import feature of OE, attachments with long file names get
changed to the old DOS style file name (8.3). MS states this is a
known problem, since version 5.5 and it is still not fixed.

So, before I waste any more of my time, I would like to know if I
write a VBA macro to export my Outlook 2000 emails will I run into
this same problem? I want my long file names to be left intact. Is
this too much to ask for?


Thanks for any help,

Charles

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko \(MVP\)]

Yes, attachment names will be left intact - Outlook Object Model does not
truncate the attachment names.
The only problem is that you'll have to export the attachments one by one,
there is no way to bulk export Outlook messages to a format understood by
OE.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

 

[Charles E Finkenbiner]

Hi Dmitry,

Thanks for the information. At least I know it can be done. Time to
get to work.


Thanks your for your help,

Charles