Ron said that he "backed up all of my OE6 accounts".
He didn't say how or what he backed up.
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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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: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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