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Old September 15th 06, 05:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Ron Sommer
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Default Copying over e-mail messages


"Alias~-" wrote in message
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: Kath Adams wrote:
: Close OE, find the folder via Windows Explorer, right click and rename
: just like you would any other folder on your machine.
:
: Kath
:
: And then the name of the default folder in OE will also be changed?

A new default folder will be created.
The renamed dbx file will not be visible in OE.
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Ron Sommer

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: Alias
:
: Alias~- wrote:
: 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
:

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