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**Alias~-**

Kath Adams wrote:
Steve, You can rename the default folders.
But I did plan to tell them about OEX and forgot to paste the link and
say .... OR you can use this, which would make things much simpler!

Kath

How do you rename the default folders?

Alias

Steve Cochran wrote:
I don't think you can rename the default folders. Maybe, but I'd
instead create a folder on each machine called Xfer (or somesuch).
Then copy the messages one wishes to share between machines to the
Xfer folder. Then overwrite the xfer.dbx file on the machine to
which one is importing and then dump those messages somewhere and
then the process can be used in reverse.

Its much easier however to use my OEX program which allows one to
just point to the dbx file on the other machine (such as Sent Items)
and then click a button to import it into the current message store.
G www.oehelp.com/OEX/

That's how I get my sent items from the laptop to the desktop.

steve

"Kath Adams" wrote in message
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Syke wrote:
Using Win XP and a Netgear DG834 router, I have a wireless network
set up with my desktop and a laptop. All e-mail messages come to
both machines, one copy each, which works fine as far as it goes.
This, of course, only works for incoming messages, so "Sent"
messages only appear on the machine they were sent on. I would like
to get
these, and others, on both machines. I know I can do a backup of
Outlook Express, but would this not duplicate a lot of messages,
requiring extensive deleting and editing?

Regards and thanks in advance

Pat Macguire

If sent messages only appear on the machine they were sent on, then
they wouldn't be duplicates?!!
What I would do is....on both machines, re-name your Sent Items
folder to Sent Items Desktop or Laptop depending on which machine
you are on. Burn this folder to a CD or other removeable media. Then
on the Laptop, copy the Sent Items Desktop from the CD to your hard
drive and remove the "read only" attribute. Then open OE and create
a folder with the exact same name as the folder you just copied.
Open this folder in OE once and close OE. (You MUST do the previous
step or the instructions won't work.) Then in Windows Explorer move
the folder your created to OE. It will ask if you want to overwrite,
say yes. Open OE. Your sent items form the Desktop will now be on
your Laptop. You can then move the mail to wherever you prefer.
repeat the process for the Desktop. Hope this helps.
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Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)