I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news
I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news
I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news
I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Bruce,
I apologize. I was reading at the top of the page where it talked about:
1. Backup your OE mail and news accounts

By using this method, you will be able to restore all your mail folders, all
your mail and news accounts settings, and your address book for one Identity.
You will lose all your subscribed newsgroups, all message rules, all Block
Senders entries, all custom views and all custom toolbars. If you use
multiple Identities, you must repeat this process for each Identity, or else
use the Complete Backup for Advanced Users.
Please read the Files & Settings section if you have not already done so.

1. Backup your OE mail and news accounts.

Click Tools| Accounts, select the account to backup, then click the Export
button. This will store the account's settings in a *.iaf file at the
location you specify. You can later import any *.iaf file by clicking the
Import button. Your account password is stored in encrypted form in the *.iaf
file. Be sure to export all mail and news accounts, and any user-created LDAP
accounts you might have created. The default LDAP accounts will always be
created fresh when you install or upgrade OE.

I then scrolled down to where it talks abouit.... "Backup your mail folders."
I have printed these instructions and will try tomorrow to see if I can do it.
Thanks, and again I apologize for not reading the entire page.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Bruce,
I looked on the old computer today. Went into Outlook Express, Tools,
Options and there is no maintenance or store folder.
I clicked on the advanced tab and again, nothing that showed maintenance.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

There is no Advanced Tab in Tools | Options. Did you choose Tools | Accounts in error? Tools | Options | Maintenance should show you this:


--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message ...
Bruce,
I looked on the old computer today. Went into Outlook Express, Tools,
Options and there is no maintenance or store folder.
I clicked on the advanced tab and again, nothing that showed maintenance.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Bruce,
I didn't choose tools, accounts in error.
I made sure I double checked that I was clicking on Tools, Options.
Not seeing anything that said maintenance or store folder I then clicked on
a tab that says advanced.
Upon clicking that, I still did not see any maintenance tab or store foler
tab.
Is it possible that the maintenance and store folders tabs were not a part of
version 4.72?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There is no Advanced Tab in Tools | Options. Did you choose Tools | Accounts in error? Tools | Options | Maintenance should show you this:


--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message ...
Bruce,
I looked on the old computer today. Went into Outlook Express, Tools,
Options and there is no maintenance or store folder.
I clicked on the advanced tab and again, nothing that showed maintenance.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver. 4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

I didn't even own a computer until OE6 was the thing, but from hanging in
this newsgroup, you should be able to do it via the link I supplied:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4

Copy the folders to a CD and download them on the new machine. I don't even
know if MBX files had a Read Only attribute, but if it did, you would have
to remove it after you copy the CD to the new machine. Then from the new
OE6: File | Import | Messages and select MS OE4 from the list.

Otherwise, we will have to see if one of the *elders* have a better
solution.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
I didn't choose tools, accounts in error.
I made sure I double checked that I was clicking on Tools, Options.
Not seeing anything that said maintenance or store folder I then clicked
on
a tab that says advanced.
Upon clicking that, I still did not see any maintenance tab or store foler
tab.
Is it possible that the maintenance and store folders tabs were not a part
of
version 4.72?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There is no Advanced Tab in Tools | Options. Did you choose Tools |
Accounts in error? Tools | Options | Maintenance should show you this:


--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
I looked on the old computer today. Went into Outlook Express, Tools,
Options and there is no maintenance or store folder.
I clicked on the advanced tab and again, nothing that showed
maintenance.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows
where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export
under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more
detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then
to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver.
4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one
and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,

Bruce,
Although my old machine has a cd drive, I am not sure I can use it for data
or to copy things. I only used it to play music cd's.
This machine like I say is old, it has Windows 95 and of course, OE 4.72
I will stick a blank cd in it tomorrow and see what happens.
Thanks again for your help.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I didn't even own a computer until OE6 was the thing, but from hanging in
this newsgroup, you should be able to do it via the link I supplied:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4

Copy the folders to a CD and download them on the new machine. I don't even
know if MBX files had a Read Only attribute, but if it did, you would have
to remove it after you copy the CD to the new machine. Then from the new
OE6: File | Import | Messages and select MS OE4 from the list.

Otherwise, we will have to see if one of the *elders* have a better
solution.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
I didn't choose tools, accounts in error.
I made sure I double checked that I was clicking on Tools, Options.
Not seeing anything that said maintenance or store folder I then clicked
on
a tab that says advanced.
Upon clicking that, I still did not see any maintenance tab or store foler
tab.
Is it possible that the maintenance and store folders tabs were not a part
of
version 4.72?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There is no Advanced Tab in Tools | Options. Did you choose Tools |
Accounts in error? Tools | Options | Maintenance should show you this:


--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
I looked on the old computer today. Went into Outlook Express, Tools,
Options and there is no maintenance or store folder.
I clicked on the advanced tab and again, nothing that showed
maintenance.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I don't know where you read this. Tools | Options | Maintenance shows
where
the files are stored only. There's no mention of Import or Export
under
Tools in either of these links. You will have to explain in more
detail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
...
Bruce,
On my old machine with windows 95 I went into outlook express then
to
tools,
options, but I did not see any boxes for import and export.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Get them on the new machine with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

And then Import them with the instructions he
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"coffeeman" wrote in message
news I have an old computer with Windows 95 and Outlook Express ver.
4.72
I have a new computer with Windows XP and Outlook Express ver. 6
How can I move the emails from the old computer to the new one
and what
would be the easiest way to do this?
Thanks,