Message recovery

Dulcibella-Bob · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one of my
Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the email
details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail Message".

And how did they get there in the first place!?

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Jim Pickering · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 15

If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml and can
be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder in
Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk corruption
if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.

As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is using
Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is probably the
poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.

"Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one of my
> Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the email
> details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
> Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail Message".
>
> And how did they get there in the first place!?

PA Bear · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 123

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astrodave · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk corruption if
you allow the Inbox to become overly large."

Is this a known bug in OE5.5?

I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have twice
lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!) it's
as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of RAM free.

What should one do?
Upgrade to OE6?

David.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml and can
> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder in
> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk corruption
> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
>
> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is using
> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is probably the
> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one of my
> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the email
> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail Message".
> >
> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
>
>

Jim Pickering · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 54

Any DBX file that is large (over 100 MB in size) and is frequently opened,
written to, deleted from, etc., is prone to corruption because there is so
much wasted space in it. Compacting the file helps reduce the chance of
errors, but the DBX file structure overall, is quite prone to damage,
particularly if the compacting operation is terminated, or stopped in mid
stream. And both OE 5 and 6 share the same DBX file structure.

The safest policies are to compact routinely (at least once a week) and
never interrupt or stop the process until it completes with added protection
provided by frequent backups of the message store folder on another
partition or better, another physical hard drive as a routine practice.

If you messages are important to you, then those simple precautions that
take at best, a few minutes a week, are simple insurance measures that will
help prevent you ever losing your stored mail. For added info, see this
link:

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6

"astrodave" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk corruption
> if
> you allow the Inbox to become overly large."
>
> Is this a known bug in OE5.5?
>
> I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have
> twice
> lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
> Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!)
> it's
> as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of RAM
> free.
>
> What should one do?
> Upgrade to OE6?
>
> David.
>
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml and
>> can
>> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder in
>> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
>> corruption
>> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
>>
>> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is
>> using
>> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is probably
>> the
>> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
>> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in
>> message
>> @microsoft.com...
>> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one of
>> > my
>> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the
>> > email
>> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
>> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail Message".
>> >
>> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
>>
>>

Jean Warner · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I've a similar problem. I've made back-ups of all my message folders (OE 5)
onto a read-only disk and I can't seem to retrieve them. I've tried the
import function but when I get so far it won't let me browse to a specific
dbx folder but only as far as Outlook Express on the hard drive where I've
saved back a folder, nor will it show the dbx folders on the CD. What does it
mean by 'Import mail from an OE5 store directory'?

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> Any DBX file that is large (over 100 MB in size) and is frequently opened,
> written to, deleted from, etc., is prone to corruption because there is so
> much wasted space in it. Compacting the file helps reduce the chance of
> errors, but the DBX file structure overall, is quite prone to damage,
> particularly if the compacting operation is terminated, or stopped in mid
> stream. And both OE 5 and 6 share the same DBX file structure.
>
> The safest policies are to compact routinely (at least once a week) and
> never interrupt or stop the process until it completes with added protection
> provided by frequent backups of the message store folder on another
> partition or better, another physical hard drive as a routine practice.
>
> If you messages are important to you, then those simple precautions that
> take at best, a few minutes a week, are simple insurance measures that will
> help prevent you ever losing your stored mail. For added info, see this
> link:
>
> The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
>
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
>
>
>
> "astrodave" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
> > Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk corruption
> > if
> > you allow the Inbox to become overly large."
> >
> > Is this a known bug in OE5.5?
> >
> > I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have
> > twice
> > lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
> > Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!)
> > it's
> > as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of RAM
> > free.
> >
> > What should one do?
> > Upgrade to OE6?
> >
> > David.
> >
> >
> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> >
> >> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml and
> >> can
> >> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder in
> >> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
> >> corruption
> >> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
> >>
> >> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is
> >> using
> >> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is probably
> >> the
> >> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
> >> --
> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in
> >> message
> >> @microsoft.com...
> >> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one of
> >> > my
> >> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the
> >> > email
> >> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
> >> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail Message".
> >> >
> >> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
> >>
> >>
>
>

Jim Pickering · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 54

You need to do two things.
1. Copy the old DBX files (including folders.dbx) to a folder you
create on your existing hard drive.
2. Then open that folder and right click each DBX file , selecting
Properties, and clear the Read-Only attribute that is set when any file is
copied to a CD.

Then open Outlook Express, click File/Import/Messages, selecting OE5 or6
(they are identical) and point to the folder that contains the DBX files.
You will then get a next page asking you which of the folders you wish to
import (recommend selecting All Folders).
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"Jean Warner" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> I've a similar problem. I've made back-ups of all my message folders (OE
> 5)
> onto a read-only disk and I can't seem to retrieve them. I've tried the
> import function but when I get so far it won't let me browse to a specific
> dbx folder but only as far as Outlook Express on the hard drive where I've
> saved back a folder, nor will it show the dbx folders on the CD. What does
> it
> mean by 'Import mail from an OE5 store directory'?
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> Any DBX file that is large (over 100 MB in size) and is frequently
>> opened,
>> written to, deleted from, etc., is prone to corruption because there is
>> so
>> much wasted space in it. Compacting the file helps reduce the chance of
>> errors, but the DBX file structure overall, is quite prone to damage,
>> particularly if the compacting operation is terminated, or stopped in mid
>> stream. And both OE 5 and 6 share the same DBX file structure.
>>
>> The safest policies are to compact routinely (at least once a week) and
>> never interrupt or stop the process until it completes with added
>> protection
>> provided by frequent backups of the message store folder on another
>> partition or better, another physical hard drive as a routine practice.
>>
>> If you messages are important to you, then those simple precautions that
>> take at best, a few minutes a week, are simple insurance measures that
>> will
>> help prevent you ever losing your stored mail. For added info, see this
>> link:
>>
>> The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
>>
>>
>>
>> "astrodave" wrote in message
>> @microsoft.com...
>> > Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
>> > corruption
>> > if
>> > you allow the Inbox to become overly large."
>> >
>> > Is this a known bug in OE5.5?
>> >
>> > I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have
>> > twice
>> > lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
>> > Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!)
>> > it's
>> > as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of
>> > RAM
>> > free.
>> >
>> > What should one do?
>> > Upgrade to OE6?
>> >
>> > David.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml
>> >> and
>> >> can
>> >> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder
>> >> in
>> >> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
>> >> corruption
>> >> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
>> >>
>> >> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is
>> >> using
>> >> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is
>> >> probably
>> >> the
>> >> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
>> >> --
>> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
>> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be
>> >> helped.
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> @microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one
>> >> > of
>> >> > my
>> >> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the
>> >> > email
>> >> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
>> >> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail
>> >> > Message".
>> >> >
>> >> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Jean Warner · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Hi Jim,

I did as you instructed, but I don't get a 'next page' asking me which of
the folders I want to import, I still get the 'No messages can be found in
this folder....' message.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> You need to do two things.
> 1. Copy the old DBX files (including folders.dbx) to a folder you
> create on your existing hard drive.
> 2. Then open that folder and right click each DBX file , selecting
> Properties, and clear the Read-Only attribute that is set when any file is
> copied to a CD.
>
> Then open Outlook Express, click File/Import/Messages, selecting OE5 or6
> (they are identical) and point to the folder that contains the DBX files.
> You will then get a next page asking you which of the folders you wish to
> import (recommend selecting All Folders).
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
>
> "Jean Warner" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
> > I've a similar problem. I've made back-ups of all my message folders (OE
> > 5)
> > onto a read-only disk and I can't seem to retrieve them. I've tried the
> > import function but when I get so far it won't let me browse to a specific
> > dbx folder but only as far as Outlook Express on the hard drive where I've
> > saved back a folder, nor will it show the dbx folders on the CD. What does
> > it
> > mean by 'Import mail from an OE5 store directory'?
> >
> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> >
> >> Any DBX file that is large (over 100 MB in size) and is frequently
> >> opened,
> >> written to, deleted from, etc., is prone to corruption because there is
> >> so
> >> much wasted space in it. Compacting the file helps reduce the chance of
> >> errors, but the DBX file structure overall, is quite prone to damage,
> >> particularly if the compacting operation is terminated, or stopped in mid
> >> stream. And both OE 5 and 6 share the same DBX file structure.
> >>
> >> The safest policies are to compact routinely (at least once a week) and
> >> never interrupt or stop the process until it completes with added
> >> protection
> >> provided by frequent backups of the message store folder on another
> >> partition or better, another physical hard drive as a routine practice.
> >>
> >> If you messages are important to you, then those simple precautions that
> >> take at best, a few minutes a week, are simple insurance measures that
> >> will
> >> help prevent you ever losing your stored mail. For added info, see this
> >> link:
> >>
> >> The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "astrodave" wrote in message
> >> @microsoft.com...
> >> > Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
> >> > corruption
> >> > if
> >> > you allow the Inbox to become overly large."
> >> >
> >> > Is this a known bug in OE5.5?
> >> >
> >> > I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have
> >> > twice
> >> > lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
> >> > Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!)
> >> > it's
> >> > as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of
> >> > RAM
> >> > free.
> >> >
> >> > What should one do?
> >> > Upgrade to OE6?
> >> >
> >> > David.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml
> >> >> and
> >> >> can
> >> >> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder
> >> >> in
> >> >> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
> >> >> corruption
> >> >> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
> >> >>
> >> >> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is
> >> >> using
> >> >> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is
> >> >> probably
> >> >> the
> >> >> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> >> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> >> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be
> >> >> helped.
> >> >> Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in
> >> >> message
> >> >> @microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the
> >> >> > email
> >> >> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
> >> >> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail
> >> >> > Message".
> >> >> >
> >> >> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Jean Warner · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Me again, I forgot one thing, to copy over the 'folders' folder into my
backup folder. However, I found that the previous folder I'd saved there, and
deleted from my OE5, could not be seen by the import window, only message
folders that were currently in the 'folders' folder. So it seems one cannot
backup and then delete individual folders, but instead one has to backup the
whole 'folders' folder and then one can retrieve individual folders from that
whole backup 'folders' folder, if you follow me! Thanks for your help.

"Jean Warner" wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> I did as you instructed, but I don't get a 'next page' asking me which of
> the folders I want to import, I still get the 'No messages can be found in
> this folder....' message.
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
> > You need to do two things.
> > 1. Copy the old DBX files (including folders.dbx) to a folder you
> > create on your existing hard drive.
> > 2. Then open that folder and right click each DBX file , selecting
> > Properties, and clear the Read-Only attribute that is set when any file is
> > copied to a CD.
> >
> > Then open Outlook Express, click File/Import/Messages, selecting OE5 or6
> > (they are identical) and point to the folder that contains the DBX files.
> > You will then get a next page asking you which of the folders you wish to
> > import (recommend selecting All Folders).
> > --
> > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> > Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> >
> > "Jean Warner" wrote in message
> > @microsoft.com...
> > > I've a similar problem. I've made back-ups of all my message folders (OE
> > > 5)
> > > onto a read-only disk and I can't seem to retrieve them. I've tried the
> > > import function but when I get so far it won't let me browse to a specific
> > > dbx folder but only as far as Outlook Express on the hard drive where I've
> > > saved back a folder, nor will it show the dbx folders on the CD. What does
> > > it
> > > mean by 'Import mail from an OE5 store directory'?
> > >
> > > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Any DBX file that is large (over 100 MB in size) and is frequently
> > >> opened,
> > >> written to, deleted from, etc., is prone to corruption because there is
> > >> so
> > >> much wasted space in it. Compacting the file helps reduce the chance of
> > >> errors, but the DBX file structure overall, is quite prone to damage,
> > >> particularly if the compacting operation is terminated, or stopped in mid
> > >> stream. And both OE 5 and 6 share the same DBX file structure.
> > >>
> > >> The safest policies are to compact routinely (at least once a week) and
> > >> never interrupt or stop the process until it completes with added
> > >> protection
> > >> provided by frequent backups of the message store folder on another
> > >> partition or better, another physical hard drive as a routine practice.
> > >>
> > >> If you messages are important to you, then those simple precautions that
> > >> take at best, a few minutes a week, are simple insurance measures that
> > >> will
> > >> help prevent you ever losing your stored mail. For added info, see this
> > >> link:
> > >>
> > >> The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> > >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "astrodave" wrote in message
> > >> @microsoft.com...
> > >> > Below you say "ust do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
> > >> > corruption
> > >> > if
> > >> > you allow the Inbox to become overly large."
> > >> >
> > >> > Is this a known bug in OE5.5?
> > >> >
> > >> > I have 1GB RAM running Windows 2000 and loads of disk space but I have
> > >> > twice
> > >> > lost several months of emails when moving batches of emails around.
> > >> > Also, when searching big emails (I must have 100,000 or more on file!)
> > >> > it's
> > >> > as if OE cant see them all sometimes, even tho I have lots (75%?) of
> > >> > RAM
> > >> > free.
> > >> >
> > >> > What should one do?
> > >> > Upgrade to OE6?
> > >> >
> > >> > David.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> If they are email messages, they will end with an extension of .eml
> > >> >> and
> > >> >> can
> > >> >> be dragged/dropped from the present location into a local mail folder
> > >> >> in
> > >> >> Outlook Express. Just do not store them in the Inbox as you risk
> > >> >> corruption
> > >> >> if you allow the Inbox to become overly large.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> As to how they got there, it would seem that you or some other user is
> > >> >> using
> > >> >> Word to open email messages. Why, I have no idea since Word is
> > >> >> probably
> > >> >> the
> > >> >> poorest choice to ever open an .eml file.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> > >> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> > >> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be
> > >> >> helped.
> > >> >> Thanks.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "Dulcibella-Bob" wrote in
> > >> >> message
> > >> >> @microsoft.com...
> > >> >> > I've ended up with a load of email messages being transferred to one
> > >> >> > of
> > >> >> > my
> > >> >> > Word folders. I can read the message in Word but not the rest of the
> > >> >> > email
> > >> >> > details. How do i get them back into my OE folders?
> > >> >> > Under Internet Explorer they are listed as "Internet E-Mail
> > >> >> > Message".
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > And how did they get there in the first place!?
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

Jim Pickering · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 54

Well, without knowing what backup program you used, it's hard to say what's
wrong, but it sounds from the tenor of your post that you got the info you
needed and are now OK. If so, thanks for that feedback and I'm glad to hear
it.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

"Jean Warner" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Me again, I forgot one thing, to copy over the 'folders' folder into my
> backup folder. However, I found that the previous folder I'd saved there,
> and
> deleted from my OE5, could not be seen by the import window, only message
> folders that were currently in the 'folders' folder. So it seems one
> cannot
> backup and then delete individual folders, but instead one has to backup
> the
> whole 'folders' folder and then one can retrieve individual folders from
> that
> whole backup 'folders' folder, if you follow me! Thanks for your help.
>
> "Jean Warner" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> I did as you instructed, but I don't get a 'next page' asking me which of
>> the folders I want to import, I still get the 'No messages can be found
>> in
>> this folder....' message.
>>
>> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>>
>> > You need to do two things.
>> > 1. Copy the old DBX files (including folders.dbx) to a folder you
>> > create on your existing hard drive.
>> > 2. Then open that folder and right click each DBX file , selecting
>> > Properties, and clear the Read-Only attribute that is set when any file
>> > is
>> > copied to a CD.
>> >
>> > Then open Outlook Express, click File/Import/Messages, selecting OE5
>> > or6
>> > (they are identical) and point to the folder that contains the DBX
>> > files.
>> > You will then get a next page asking you which of the folders you wish
>> > to
>> > import (recommend selecting All Folders).
>> > --
>> > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 15

"Jean Warner" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Me again, I forgot one thing, to copy over the 'folders' folder into my
> backup folder. However, I found that the previous folder I'd saved there,
> and
> deleted from my OE5, could not be seen by the import window, only message
> folders that were currently in the 'folders' folder. So it seems one
> cannot
> backup and then delete individual folders, but instead one has to backup
> the
> whole 'folders' folder and then one can retrieve individual folders from
> that
> whole backup 'folders' folder, if you follow me! Thanks for your help.

Besides whatever folders you want to backup you also need to include
Folders.dbx or OE won't find the files.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

irina petrova · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" schreef in bericht @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "Jean Warner" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
>> Me again, I forgot one thing, to copy over the 'folders' folder into my
>> backup folder. However, I found that the previous folder I'd saved there,
>> and
>> deleted from my OE5, could not be seen by the import window, only message
>> folders that were currently in the 'folders' folder. So it seems one
>> cannot
>> backup and then delete individual folders, but instead one has to backup
>> the
>> whole 'folders' folder and then one can retrieve individual folders from
>> that
>> whole backup 'folders' folder, if you follow me! Thanks for your help.
>
>
> Besides whatever folders you want to backup you also need to include
> Folders.dbx or OE won't find the files.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> Reply in newsgroup
> "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
> deserve neither liberty or security"
>
>

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