"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
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"Ron" wrote in message
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: Steve Cochran wrote:
: Copy all the dbx files to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then
clear
: their read only attribute and then use File | Import | Messages in OE
and
: point to that directory.
:
: steve
:
: Thanks, Steve;
:
: However, that worked with a couple of things but when I tried to get my
: news accounts back I was given a amessage about "no other newsgroup
: could be found" and OE wouldn't even ask if any files were present
: anywhere; same problem in trying to retrieve the mail account. What
: went wrong?
:
: Ron
:

Tools, Accounts, Mail tab, Import
Tools, Accounts, News tab, Import


Those import the account settings from an exported IAF file. They don't
import any messages.

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