outlook express - import only brings some old e-mails

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BAH - 29 Oct 2003 20:12 GMT

I'm upgrading from Outlook 4 to 5 and when I try to import from the
old version, I only get messages in my inbox from 98-2000. Where are
the messages from 2001-2003? Especially last week's messages? I
tried the process a few times and even deleted some messages to "make
more room" but to no avail. It did import all address book and
contacts - it's just the "recent" e-mails that are missing. Help,
anyone?

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Richard Grieve Mac MVP - 29 Oct 2003 20:21 GMT

> I'm upgrading from Outlook 4 to 5 and when I try to import from the
> old version, I only get messages in my inbox from 98-2000. Where are
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> contacts - it's just the "recent" e-mails that are missing. Help,
> anyone?

How many "OE User(s)" folders do you have on your machine? If you have used
OE from more than one location on your HD before, it's possible (though
unlikely) that your mail has been split across different OE User(s) folders.
Since OE 5.x needs to import from old OE User(s) folders, it may be the case
that it is importing from one and not the other.

Ricky

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