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Mac Forum / Applications / Outlook Express / July 2005importing mail
To solve a problem I reinstalled Outlook express 5.02 & Mac OS 9.2.1. Now how do I import my mail? I saved a copy of the old system folder. THANYOU! > To solve a problem I reinstalled Outlook express 5.02 & Mac OS 9.2.1. > > Now how do I import my mail? I saved a copy of the old system folder. > > THANYOU! You need to have saved the Mac HD:Documents:Microsoft User Data:Identities: folder. If you didn't save that, you can't retrieve your old mail data. Ricky  SignatureIf you need to reply directly to me, just remove the capitalised letters from my faked e-mail address. Otherwise, please post back to the newsgroups. See Q048 on http://machelp.webhop.net/ for more details on protecting yourself from newsgroup spam. > > To solve a problem I reinstalled Outlook express 5.02 & Mac OS 9.2.1. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > If you need to reply directly to me, just remove the capitalised letters Thanks, Ricky, For your reply. I did save tho old documents folder. When importing, none of the items in the identies folder show in the dialog box named SELECT YOUR "OE USER' FOLDER. Your help is much appreciated. --Dwight >>> To solve a problem I reinstalled Outlook express 5.02 & Mac OS 9.2.1. >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > dialog box named SELECT YOUR "OE USER' FOLDER. Your help is much > appreciated. --Dwight This is where lots of users get confused. You cannot use the "File > Import" menu to bring old OE 5.x data back into OE 5. This pathway is only to be used if you're trying to import old OE 4.x data. Instead, you simply need to make sure that your old Microsoft User Data folder is being stored in the correct place. OE 5 will look for its mail data in one of two places, as shown here... <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tg.online/oe/mud.html> If you make sure that the old MUD folder that you backed up is restored to one of these locations, OE 5 should be able to read it immediately, without the need for any kind of import procedure. I hope that's clear, give it a try and let me know if you're still in doubt. Ricky SignatureIf you need to reply directly to me, just remove the capitalised letters from my faked e-mail address. Otherwise, please post back to the newsgroups. See Q048 on http://machelp.webhop.net/ for more details on protecting yourself from newsgroup spam. |
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