This worked! I guess the trick was to use a temporary import folder and
THEN move to the proper folders.

THANKS VERY MUCH!!!


"NormanM" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:34:41 -0500, No One wrote:

Hello!

Like an idiot, I imported everything from OE6, including several years
worth
of archived messages, into Windows Live Mail (WLM) and have been running
that for several months. I hate it. It's slow, just goes "duh" all to
often, and is simply not intuitive.

I want to go back to OE6, at least while Microsoft still supports Hotmail
access from it, which was why I migrated in the first place.

How can I export from WLM on a system that does NOT have Outlook, (hence
no
MAPI client, and unable to export to Microsoft Exchange), and get
everything
I've taken in since the migration back into OE6?

Google searches for an answer say to drag the .eml files into an open
folder. Tried that, doesn't work, or I'm doing it wrong. (Has anyone
else
noticed that google responses are getting less and less relevant, loading
up
forum responses instead of companies you ask for and such?) Anyway,
can't
find it elsewhere.

First, all of your MSOE messages that were in the message store when you
installed WLM should still be there.

Second, WLM stores email as .eml files. Locate the WLM message store
folder,
and you will find them. With MSOE open, create a new storage folder; call
it, "Imported", if you like. Highlight all of the .eml files later than
the
install date for WLM by dragging the highighted .eml files to the folder
in
MSOE.

The location of the WLM message store can be found by checking the
"Maintenance" tab from the "Tools | Options" menu, same as with MSOE. When
navigating to that location, you will need to set your file view options
to
"Show hidden files/folders".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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