Too Stupid to Help myself - Importing messages

[El Penguini]

My old PC died, but I have a copy of my old hard drive, including my (I
assume) OE 5 inbox.

i would like to import my old messages, and I can see the inbox.dbx file,
but I can't figure out how to get OE 6 on my new computer to import the
file. I tried to point to the file and open it, but i can't do that either.

thanks for your help!
Peter

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Post by El Penguini
My old PC died, but I have a copy of my old hard drive, including my
(I assume) OE 5 inbox.
i would like to import my old messages, and I can see the inbox.dbx
file, but I can't figure out how to get OE 6 on my new computer to
import the file. I tried to point to the file and open it, but i
can't do that either.
thanks for your help!
Peter

Do you have a copy of Folders.dbx in the same Windows folder?
If so make sure that none of the DBX files are Read Only and then use OE's
File | Import.
If not see
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
and the last paragraph here:
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

[El Penguini]

Frank -

Although I'm "Too Stupid to Help Myself,", you certainly are not!

I followed your first link and it worked great.

Thanks so much for your quick and accurate response.

Peter

Post by Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE

Post by El Penguini
My old PC died, but I have a copy of my old hard drive, including my
(I assume) OE 5 inbox.
i would like to import my old messages, and I can see the inbox.dbx
file, but I can't figure out how to get OE 6 on my new computer to
import the file. I tried to point to the file and open it, but i
can't do that either.
thanks for your help!
Peter

Do you have a copy of Folders.dbx in the same Windows folder?
If so make sure that none of the DBX files are Read Only and then use OE's
File | Import.
If not see
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Post by El Penguini
Frank -
Although I'm "Too Stupid to Help Myself,", you certainly are not!
I followed your first link and it worked great.
Thanks so much for your quick and accurate response.
Peter

Thanks for the feedback.

[Raymond Daley]

Post by El Penguini
My old PC died, but I have a copy of my old hard drive, including my (I
assume) OE 5 inbox.
i would like to import my old messages, and I can see the inbox.dbx file,
but I can't figure out how to get OE 6 on my new computer to import the
file. I tried to point to the file and open it, but i can't do that either.
thanks for your help!
Peter

piece of wee wee fella.
file
import
mail account settings

easy

Thankyou, come again!

[Kath Adams]

Post by Raymond Daley

Post by El Penguini
My old PC died, but I have a copy of my old hard drive, including my
(I assume) OE 5 inbox.
i would like to import my old messages, and I can see the inbox.dbx
file, but I can't figure out how to get OE 6 on my new computer to
import the file. I tried to point to the file and open it, but i
can't do that either.
thanks for your help!
Peter

piece of wee wee fella.
file
import
mail account settings
easy
Thankyou, come again!

Gee, you're on a roll now....and with bad advice too. The OP didn't ask
about his mail settings, he asked about his old inbox.