Helped a friend move from old PC to New PC. Old PC has OE 3? and new is OE6.0.
The new PC is log-in divided (wife and he have seperate businesses) but on
old PC it was just one...
Question How to transfer old OE files to new PC and then how to seperate
old emails?

There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4. That would MBX/IDX file
pairs instead of DBX files. If that's the case, then see:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4

If there are DBX files, then it is OE5 or newer. In that case, the
following procedures apply:
Backing Up, Recovering and Restoring Outlook Express versions 5 & 6
Files and Settings
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm

What you'll need to do if import everything into one of the new PC
logons. Then manually separate the mails into different OE folders and
then move some of them to the other login.
How to import a single mail folder (*.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
For an alternate description, see the last paragraph he
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Or what might be easier, is to import the data twice, once into each
login. Then in each login, delete whatever doesn't apply.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Befuddled-1" wrote in message
...
Helped a friend move from old PC to New PC. Old PC has OE 3? and new
is OE6.0.
The new PC is log-in divided (wife and he have seperate businesses)
but on
old PC it was just one...
Question How to transfer old OE files to new PC and then how to
seperate
old emails?

Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

steve

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

plonk

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for
versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

PA Bear wrote:
plonk

Sigh! Shooting the messenger, are we?

If what I say is wrong, unjustified, whatever, then *say so* (and
*why*). Just saying "plonk" indicates you have no argument.

I hope that Steve will answer the questions (and *can* handle (IMO
justified) criticism).

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for
versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

Thank you all for your thoughts,,,
ALL were helpful.

"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

PA Bear wrote:
plonk

Sigh! Shooting the messenger, are we?

If what I say is wrong, unjustified, whatever, then *say so* (and
*why*). Just saying "plonk" indicates you have no argument.

I hope that Steve will answer the questions (and *can* handle (IMO
justified) criticism).

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for
versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

Befuddled-1 wrote:
Thank you all for your thoughts,,,
ALL were helpful.

You're welcome and thanks for saying thanks.

Out of interest: Do you know which mail program and version your
friend has? Whatever it is - i.e. OE, Internet Mail or other - it
probably has some "Help" menu at the top and that menu probably has some
"About ..." or similar function which will reveal the name and version
of the program. That information would be interesting, at least to me.
:-)

"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

PA Bear wrote:
plonk

Sigh! Shooting the messenger, are we?

If what I say is wrong, unjustified, whatever, then *say so* (and
*why*). Just saying "plonk" indicates you have no argument.

I hope that Steve will answer the questions (and *can* handle (IMO
justified) criticism).

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for
versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the files
and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the individual
messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you can drag them
into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the "Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]

YW, befuddled, I'm sure.
--
~PA Bear
Please Don't Feed the Trolls

Befuddled-1 wrote:
Thank you all for your thoughts,,,
ALL were helpful.

"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

PA Bear wrote:
plonk

Sigh! Shooting the messenger, are we?

If what I say is wrong, unjustified, whatever, then *say so* (and
*why*). Just saying "plonk" indicates you have no argument.

I hope that Steve will answer the questions (and *can* handle (IMO
justified) criticism).

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Steve Cochran wrote:
Then try MBXtract on the message files. I think it will work for
versions
prior to OE4. Just rename the message file to MBX so the program will
recognize it. Otherwise, the messages are in plain text as are the
files and you can open them with Notepad and cut and paste out the
individual messages. If you give them an eml file extension, then you
can drag them into an OE folder.

www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/

Why on earth would he do that? As I said, he can just import them into
OE 6.0. Why make things needlessly complex?

No offense, but this is the second [1] time you apparently haven't
read what you're responding to.

- If you don't want to respond to what people have written, then *don't
quote*.

- If you disagree with what they have written, then *say so*.

But just offering a needlessly complex alternative without (giving)
any reason doesn't make any sense and is quite irritating.

And for the previous case [1]:

- If you agree with what people have written, then *say so* instead of
just posting the exact same thing without any explanation. It suggests
that the quoted poster did not write what (s)he did write, which
amounts to misrepresentation.

[1] See

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
There was no OE 3. The first version was OE4.

True, but perhaps Befuddled-1's friend has *"Internet Mail"*
3.something.

At Y2K, I had to convert from Internet Mail 3.01 to OE 5.0.

AFAICT, OE 6.0 can still import from Internet Mail (see the
"Microsoft
Internet Mail for Windows 3.1" and "... (32-bit Version)" choices).

[rest deleted]