Thanks Jim
I tried the strategy suggested by Bruce Hagen but nothing showed up even
though the file size is 187k. I restored them from backup drive using
Datakeeper to a CD then copied them from the CD to the computer. How can i
tell if there is a read only attribute?

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Did you copy the backed up files to the same computer before attempting the
import? Networking computers often causes a failure to import correctly.
If the files were copied at any time to a CD/DVD, a Read-Only attribute was
set during the copy process which must be cleared after you've copied them
to a folder location on the same computer you wish to do the import to.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Windows Mail Apps
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"Peter" wrote in message
...
I copied a mail folder with about 10 unread emails in it using cut and
paste
to the desktop. My computer crashed but I had backed up the mail folder
file
on the desktop to another computer. When I try to restore the folder with
the
emails using OE6 on the other computer nothing shows up. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Peter