thanks, the problem is that the archive file cannot be opened. there is a
long string of alphanumeric characters after outlook:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

it cannot read the files. i can actually open the files through an
alternative method but cannot use them via outlook as a regular file

kinda odd.
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pjp


"DL" wrote:

Only OL2003 and above is fully compatible with Vista

Depends exactly what you mean / err msg regarding archive cannot be read

"pjp" wrote in message
...
i just got a new vaio with vista and used the so-called easy transfer
option
to migrate from an older one. still using outlook 2002 with all upgrades.
here is the problem - my mail is all forwarded to outlook using POP3 and
HTTP, so there are 2 accounts. But send and receive will not operate
automatically, and using the send/receive button or F9 results in an
"operation failed message". But hitting send/receive for individual
accounts
works. I have tried to define groups but no luck there either, nothing
seems
to happen.

the other problem is that my archived pst files cannot be read on the new
computer, in spite of following the easy transfer instructions to the
letter.

anyone have some suggestions on how to solve this?
thanks
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pjp