Greybeard wrote:

Brian, you were right, something happened in the two transfers, first
from my old machine with Outlook Express on XP to my new machine with
Vista (ugh) and Windows Mail (also ugh)

If you don't like Vista, why not install XP on the new machine? If you have
a retail copy, it's legal to remove it from one machine and install on
another.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]