Steve Cochran wrote:
File | Import | Messages won't import individual dbx files unless
folders.dbx is in the directory from which you are importing.

Yes, I *know* and *said* so ("Why not copy Temp.dbx *and* Folders.dbx
...."). Please read what people write.

To import individual dbx files you have to use the method in the last
paragraph related to OE he www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

No, you have to use that method if you don't have the (associated)
Folders.dbx file. If you do, you can just use a *normal* Import to
import even a single/individual .dbx file. And that's exactly what I
said.

steve

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
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Bruce Hagen wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you don't want to save them
as individual messages in .eml format. What format other than eml
would you want?

What I would suggest, if this is close enough to what you want to
do, is on computer 1, create a folder and name it Temp. Copy all
the messages you want on computer 2 to this folder.

Open the message store and copy the Temp.dbx file to CD. Copy the
CD to the HDD on computer 2 and save it to the Desktop. Right click
on the Temp.dbx file | Properties, and remove the Read Only
attribute.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one
on your desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to
Windows Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE
identity, but don't open it.
Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store
folder. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.

Now, if you wish, you can drag the messages from the Temp folder to
any folder you wish, but stay away from default folders like the
Inbox.

That will work, but I think it's kind of a hack and somewhat risky.

Why not copy Temp.dbx *and* Folders.dbx to the other computer (to some
temporary directory, i.e. *not* to the (Message) Store Folder) and then
Import the messages?

I.e. File - Import - Messages... - Microsoft Outlook Express 6 -
Next - * Import mail from an OE6 store directory - OK - Browse...
etc.. After all, that's what Import is for, Import all or *some*
folder(s).

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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"badgolferman" wrote in message
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I would like to export a group of messages from a mail folder from one
computer to another computer's mail folder. I don't want to save the
messages in .eml format as individual messages, I want them integrated
into the destination computer's OE mailbox.

I tried the Export Messages option but it told me it exports to
Microsoft Outlook or Exchange. When I went ahead and tried it I have
no idea where it saved the mailbox I selected.

What is the proper way to do this? Thanks.