Transferring 5.01 Outlook Express files to new machine running 6.0
You don't want mailbox.pst, this file belongs to Exchange/Windows Messaging,
NOT Outlook Express. Look here:
Backing Up, Recovering and Restoring OE5/6 Files and Settings
http://chattanooga.net/~scochran/backup.htm
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe5/backup/index.htm
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/xp_oe.htm#xp_oe_restore
Outlook Express 5 and 6 use the same file types, use the OE6 setting when
doing your import.
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Quote:
> I'm trying to transfer my e-mails from my old pc to my
> new one. I copied the mailbox.pst from my old machine to
> the new one.
> My old pc ran Win 95 using Outlook Express 5.01. My new
> pc is running XP using Outlook Express 6. There isn't an
> option to import Outlook Express 5 on the Import Messages
> Tool, just OE 4 and OE 6. How do I transfer the OE 5.01
> folders and e-mail files to the new pc running OE 6?
> Please advise.
> Thank you!
> Rick
