TSGL: Moving email from one comptuer to another

[The Computer Whisperer]

Will,

the only thing you really have to worry about regardless of what state the
destinatinon's computer is in, in regards to outlook express, is that
outlook express should be closed when putting the DBX files into the
destination folder. copy ALL of the DBX files from the source (ie the old
computer) to the new laptop. dont' worry about overwriting files, just click
yes to all.


Tilman said.....
If there already exist NEW folders with exactly the same names as before,
AND with new content after downloading emails, the procedure is a bit more
tedious. You certainly wouldn't like to loose any of the old or new emails.
What you then do is renaming those newly created folders while your new OE
is running, for instance "Office email" into "Office email new" or similar.

end quote.

I think tilman means if the person has already started receiving emails on
his/her new computer before the old email files are transferred.

Regards

Justin


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On 09/02/07, Tilman Brandl <arbit at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Will,
>
> as Mike Morgan already has said, it's really pretty simple. But then
> again, I would like to add - it is not THAT simple  ;-)
>
> There are 'official' methods to move/backup/restore OE messages etc. See
> for instance
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx and in
> particular items #1 and #2.
>
> Other tips for moving emails are here:
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
> http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm (see simple backup) and
> http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/simple.htm or
> http://www.oehelp.com/ for more tips ...
>
> All the copying over can be done using one of the methods from the sites
> above, especially using the import command of the File menu. One has just to
> beware of problems that will arise if any folders between OLD and NEW
> OE-setup are named the same.
>
>
> To avoid these problems, this is what I do:
>
> Your friend has already started OE anew on the laptop. Therefore the task
> is to add the old folders plus content into the newly created structure
> without overwriting/loosing any emails.
>
> Basically what one needs to do is - with OE running - to create exactly
> the same structure in OE that did exist before: Folders, subfolders, each
> with exactly the same name as before, but still empty (I don't think that
> upper/lower case does matter). You needn't bother about any folders that
> were created in the new setup with names that hadn't been used previously -
> they are no problem during this step, just leave them where they are. After
> that just close OE.
>
> Sidenote: In case your friend does only know the folder names but not how
> they were arranged - he/she should just create all these folders with the
> exact names in a *flat* structure as subfolders below the Inbox, I guess the
> emails will transfer fine. The structure can get rearranged later by moving
> folders around.
>
> It's no bad idea to make backups of those 2 OE folders (Old + New) before
> starting this step - in case something goes awry.
>
> Now, with OE closed, you simply copy all the OLD email-folders (*.dbx
> files) over into the NEW OE folder, this way overwriting the newly created
> (empty) *.dbx files.
>
> If there already exist NEW folders with exactly the same names as before,
> AND with new content after downloading emails, the procedure is a bit more
> tedious. You certainly wouldn't like to loose any of the old or new emails.
> What you then do is renaming those newly created folders while your new OE
> is running, for instance "Office email" into "Office email new" or similar.
>
> Important while copying over the old folders with changed names: ONLY copy
> over the 'renamed' folder-files (*.dbx) and not the structure - i.e. NOT "
> folders.dbx" which hasn't been updated with the new folder-names. *)
>
> Hope this'll help
>
> Tilman
>
>   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>   Von: Will Seehorn
>   An: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>   Gesendet: Donnerstag, 08. Februar 2007 03:52
>   Betreff: TSGL: Moving email from one comptuer to another
>
>
>   Using Outlook Express. (All support done by telephone, with someone
>   who uses computers, but isn't computer literate).
>
>   I don't use OE,so I'm in the dark here. I have a friend who has OE on
>   a desktop machine. It's being replaced by a laptop.
>
>   I was able to help her set up OE on the new machine.
>
>   She has a lot of mail on the old machine. It is organized into
>   folders by topic.
>
>   Is there a way to transfer the mail (and it's organization) from the
>   old machine to the new one? Since she's downloaded mail on the new
>   machine it would be good to keep that (i.e. not overwrite what she's
>   already done)
>
>   TIA
>
>   Will
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