Then you probably want something like this since I would guess you are
going to a mail program that supports MBOX format.
Emailchemy Conversion Utility
http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/

or you want some other EML to MBOX converter.

If you want free, the attached BAT file will create an MBOX file from
EML files (after some editing).

You can use Drag-and-Drop to save multiple e-mail messages at a time.

- Open the Windows File Explorer to the folder (directory) that you
want to save the messages to (e.g. C:\EML-TEMP). For minimal confusion,
the folder should be empty or only used for saving mail messages.
- In Outlook Express highlight the desired messages (Ctrl-Click or
Shift-Click)
- While holding down the Left mouse button, drag the messages to the
Explorer window. If the Explorer window is not visible, drag to the
Taskbar button for Explorer, keep holding the left mouse button down
until Explorer moves to the front, then complete the drag to the
Explorer window and then release the Left mouse button.
- Complication: Messages are saved as *.EML files where the first part
of the file name is the message's subject. If you save multiple
messages in one drag-and drop operation, OE will automatically number
the subsequent messages with identical subject to make the name unique.
But if you later save additional messages with the same subject it will
start the numbering process over again and you will get a "Confirm File
Replace" dialog for the duplicate names. When this happens, leave the
confirm dialog and switch to the Windows File Explorer. Rename the
first file (e.g. rename "The Subject.EML" to "The Subject-1.EML"). Then
switch back to the Confirm dialog and click on YES. The new message
will get saved with the original name and the previous message will
still be there with the new name.
- You can then use the EML2TXT.BAT file to combine the *.EML messages
into a single Text file. You will probably want to make some changes,
such as the EML directory. See the comments (REM statements) in the
file.

--

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


"paul" wrote in message
...
more reasons to dislike ms. I m migrating to Linux.

thanks,
paul

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
paul wrote:
sorry. File~Export~Messages... Resulted in quoted error message
below.

File~Export~Address Book... Works fine.

You can only Export Messages to Outlook or Exchange (as the popup
window tells you ("This will export messages from Outlook Express to
Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange"/[OK][Cancel])). For this to
work, you have to have Outlook/Exchange installed on the (same)
computer. You probably don't and the MAPI error message is telling
you
that, albeit in a very cryptic way.

As to why you can only export to other Microsoft products? Can you
say
"lock in"?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What are you trying to export?

Start by visiting Windows Updates. You are running a very old and
less
secure version of OE. Of all the updates you are missing, no less
than
four have a direct effect on OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"paul" wrote in message
.. .
Dialog box:
The export could not be performed.
An error occurred while initializing MAPI.
OK

Can someone help me fix this?

Tks,
paul

Tks a bundle
P õ¿õ
~

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
Then you probably want something like this since I would guess you are
going to a mail program that supports MBOX format.
Emailchemy Conversion Utility
http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/

or you want some other EML to MBOX converter.

If you want free, the attached BAT file will create an MBOX file from EML
files (after some editing).

You can use Drag-and-Drop to save multiple e-mail messages at a time.

- Open the Windows File Explorer to the folder (directory) that you want
to save the messages to (e.g. C:\EML-TEMP). For minimal confusion, the
folder should be empty or only used for saving mail messages.
- In Outlook Express highlight the desired messages (Ctrl-Click or
Shift-Click)
- While holding down the Left mouse button, drag the messages to the
Explorer window. If the Explorer window is not visible, drag to the
Taskbar button for Explorer, keep holding the left mouse button down until
Explorer moves to the front, then complete the drag to the Explorer window
and then release the Left mouse button.
- Complication: Messages are saved as *.EML files where the first part of
the file name is the message's subject. If you save multiple messages in
one drag-and drop operation, OE will automatically number the subsequent
messages with identical subject to make the name unique. But if you later
save additional messages with the same subject it will start the numbering
process over again and you will get a "Confirm File Replace" dialog for
the duplicate names. When this happens, leave the confirm dialog and
switch to the Windows File Explorer. Rename the first file (e.g. rename
"The Subject.EML" to "The Subject-1.EML"). Then switch back to the
Confirm dialog and click on YES. The new message will get saved with the
original name and the previous message will still be there with the new
name.
- You can then use the EML2TXT.BAT file to combine the *.EML messages into
a single Text file. You will probably want to make some changes, such as
the EML directory. See the comments (REM statements) in the file.

--

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


"paul" wrote in message
...
more reasons to dislike ms. I m migrating to Linux.

thanks,
paul

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
paul wrote:
sorry. File~Export~Messages... Resulted in quoted error message
below.

File~Export~Address Book... Works fine.

You can only Export Messages to Outlook or Exchange (as the popup
window tells you ("This will export messages from Outlook Express to
Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange"/[OK][Cancel])). For this to
work, you have to have Outlook/Exchange installed on the (same)
computer. You probably don't and the MAPI error message is telling you
that, albeit in a very cryptic way.

As to why you can only export to other Microsoft products? Can you say
"lock in"?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What are you trying to export?

Start by visiting Windows Updates. You are running a very old and
less
secure version of OE. Of all the updates you are missing, no less
than
four have a direct effect on OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"paul" wrote in message
.. .
Dialog box:
The export could not be performed.
An error occurred while initializing MAPI.
OK

Can someone help me fix this?

Tks,
paul

I see no need, since 85% of my posts are answered in the first group that I
post. My clocked showed 12+ hours past before I gave up on that post. Maybe
I will start waiting 24 hours.

What's the relevancy of: "24/7, and not everyone in the world lives on the
East Coast of the USA"

paul

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
You multiposted when you posted the same message in two newsgroups. I'm
recommending that you crosspost one message to multiple newsgroups.

Your first post was in OE General at 2:40 AM your time. You then waited
the eternity of 10 hours before posting in this newsgroup (a little after
12N your time).

None of the *volunteers* who answer questions here live in these
newsgroups 24/7, and not everyone in the world lives on the East Coast of
the USA.
--
~PA Bear

paul wrote:
I never multipost. If I post and 12 hours go without a response, I look
elsewhere. Until now I have never gotten a response by waiting past the
12
hour point. This time I did.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Asked/Answered in another newsgroup. If you must make identical posts
to
multiple newsgroups, please cross-post one (1) message to all of them.
Thank you.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

paul wrote:
Dialog box:
The export could not be performed.
An error occurred while initializing MAPI.
OK

Can someone help me fix this?

Tks,
paul

"paul" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
.. .
Dialog box:
The export could not be performed.
An error occurred while initializing MAPI.
OK

Can someone help me fix this?

Tks,
paul

"paul" wrote in message
...
Tks a bundle
P $BŠA!&(B
~

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
Then you probably want something like this since I would guess you are
going to a mail program that supports MBOX format.
Emailchemy Conversion Utility
http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/

or you want some other EML to MBOX converter.

If you want free, the attached BAT file will create an MBOX file from EML
files (after some editing).

You can use Drag-and-Drop to save multiple e-mail messages at a time.

- Open the Windows File Explorer to the folder (directory) that you want
to save the messages to (e.g. C:\EML-TEMP). For minimal confusion, the
folder should be empty or only used for saving mail messages.
- In Outlook Express highlight the desired messages (Ctrl-Click or
Shift-Click)
- While holding down the Left mouse button, drag the messages to the
Explorer window. If the Explorer window is not visible, drag to the
Taskbar button for Explorer, keep holding the left mouse button down
until Explorer moves to the front, then complete the drag to the Explorer
window and then release the Left mouse button.
- Complication: Messages are saved as *.EML files where the first part of
the file name is the message's subject. If you save multiple messages
in one drag-and drop operation, OE will automatically number the
subsequent messages with identical subject to make the name unique. But
if you later save additional messages with the same subject it will start
the numbering process over again and you will get a "Confirm File
Replace" dialog for the duplicate names. When this happens, leave the
confirm dialog and switch to the Windows File Explorer. Rename the first
file (e.g. rename "The Subject.EML" to "The Subject-1.EML"). Then switch
back to the Confirm dialog and click on YES. The new message will get
saved with the original name and the previous message will still be there
with the new name.
- You can then use the EML2TXT.BAT file to combine the *.EML messages
into a single Text file. You will probably want to make some changes,
such as the EML directory. See the comments (REM statements) in the
file.

--

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


"paul" wrote in message
...
more reasons to dislike ms. I m migrating to Linux.

thanks,
paul

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
...
paul wrote:
sorry. File~Export~Messages... Resulted in quoted error message
below.

File~Export~Address Book... Works fine.

You can only Export Messages to Outlook or Exchange (as the popup
window tells you ("This will export messages from Outlook Express to
Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange"/[OK][Cancel])). For this to
work, you have to have Outlook/Exchange installed on the (same)
computer. You probably don't and the MAPI error message is telling you
that, albeit in a very cryptic way.

As to why you can only export to other Microsoft products? Can you say
"lock in"?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What are you trying to export?

Start by visiting Windows Updates. You are running a very old and
less
secure version of OE. Of all the updates you are missing, no less
than
four have a direct effect on OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"paul" wrote in message
.. .
Dialog box:
The export could not be performed.
An error occurred while initializing MAPI.
OK

Can someone help me fix this?

Tks,
paul