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Margaret


"Alias" wrote:

Margaret wrote:

"Alias" wrote:
Margaret wrote:
I have transferred my OE6 settings (addresses and messages) to a
new computer
and everything appears to work, except for folder management. I
can't create
a new folder and I can't create a message rule to transfer
incoming mails to
a specific folder. All this worked perfectly on the old computer
(running
W2000, the new one has XP, but both OE6), so I suspect something
going wrong
in the transfer - but what?

Might help if you enlighten us as to how, exactly, you transferred the
addresses and messages.

Alias

Documents and settings/user account/local settings/application
data/identities/(identity)/microsoft/Outlook Express. This last item I
imported as oe6 store directory into the new computer's OE.
Oddly enough, it also imported all subfiles of Inbox, but not Inbox itself.
I wonder if I should delete the whole lot and try again - perhaps I did
something wrong during the process of importing, when I found I had 2
inboxes, 2 outboxes etc? But how do I reverse the process in the most
efficient manner possible (not leaving traces of identities which are
not in
use?

Again, how did you move the message store from one computer to another?
Make sure that the default folders, Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts and
Deleted Items have NO messages in them before copying and moving it to
the new computer. Make new folders under Local Folders and call them,
say My Inbox, My Sent Items, etc. Do not store messages in the default
folders and make sure that you copy the ENTIRE message store to the new
computer before attempting to import using the new Outlook Express
(File/Import/Messages, etc.).

Alias


I think you may have hit on it with the comment about making sure the
default folders were empty. The answer to your question is that I put them on
to an external disk and imported from that into the new OE.
In the meantime, I followed Ron Sommer's advice and created a new identity
and imported into that, which now seems to work. I still don't know quite
what to do with the old identity - can I just delete it?

Margaret