All of the old folders with the old nesting will be imported when you have
the old folders.dbx.
Folders with the same name will have the messages added to the current
folder.
If a certain message is already in the current folder, another message will
be added (duplicate).
--
Ronald Sommer

"ned" wrote in message
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: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message
: ...
: The dbx files in OE5 and OE6 are the same.
: As long as you have folders.dbx, you can do a File, Import.
:
: Thanks for that Ron. Are there any implications with the 'old'
folders.dbx,
: containing the same (or different or nested) folder names than are in the
: 'current' folders.dbx?
: Or is the File, Import facility clever enough to sort that out?
: If it gets snarled up with nesting, presumably I can manually re-arrange
: things after the file transfer?
:
: Alan
:
: "ned" wrote in message
: ...
: :I had a hard drive failure and needed a fresh WinXP installation on the
: new
: : HD.
: : I have the old OE5 .dbx folders on the new HD but am unsure how to
load
: them
: : into the new OE6.
: : I had many more OE folders on the old drive than there are currently
on
: the
: : new.
: : Is there a simple idiot proof OE restoration program that will help me
: : restore things back to normal..
: :
: : There seem to be many options on the market place. What would you
: recommend.
: : Thanks.
: :
: : --
: : Alan
: :
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