Thanks Steve. I will have a careful look at those pages. In the meantime
have a look at what I wrote in response to Ron's reply. Basically I am
trying to have the different messages on the two computers (i.e. 2 lots of
identically named .dbx files MERGED into ONE .dbx file. And this I will have
to do for around 30 persons I correspond with. Remember also that I drag MY
sent messages to these sub-folders of the Inbox main folder so that I have a
seamless record of my correspondence with these people going over a period
extending back beyond 2 years.

One of these days I am going to reach the limit of what OE6 can keep track
of, I am sure!!!! But my system DOES come in very handy when I need to go
back and see what the correspondence said say 6 months or a year ago. I gave
up having rules to automatically sort out and distribute my Incoming Mail to
the various subfolders around a year ago. I now prefer ALL my correspondence
to land in my Inbox from where I drag and drop it to the individual's
subfolder together with my reply from the Sent folder once I have replied to
it.

What is the limit of messages OE6 can cope with, if you know? I remember
reading somewhere that there IS a limit to the number of messages OE6 can
deal with. Or am I wrong?
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Jackanory

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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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