Use File | Import | Messages in OE and don't try and do it manually.

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 and www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

steve

"Jackanory" wrote in message
o.uk...
Problem
For some months I had to use another computer for my emails. Now I am back
to my usual computer and would like to import my .dbx files from my other
computer to my main computer BUT without overwriting my existing .dbx
files so that I have continuity. Is this possible and how?

I DO have rather a complex setup with folders and subfolders for some 20
to 30 persons etc I correspond with where I drag and drop all incoming as
well as sent mail so I can go to any folder and have a full history of my
correspondence with that person.

Somehow I don't think this will be possible but one never knows. Anybody
out there with clever ideas? If I export my .dbx files from my other
computer and import them to my mainstay computer, the existing .dbx files
on my main computer will be overwritten for sure.

Why are email files lumped all into .dbx files instead of being saved
individually like word documents etc anyway?

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Jackanory