Transferring Emails
I have to move some emails from a outlook express to another computer, there are about 2000 of them. That computer is being given away so I'm bringing them over to a new one. Never done this before is there any way to do this?
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What version of Outlook are you using, exactly? I believe Outlook does have a backup/export utility that you could use; just export your emails, save the export file, bring that file over to the new computer, and then using Outlook on that computer, do File > Import and select that file. All of your emails should come back into Outlook. In my experience, exporting and importing is never a 100% smooth process - that is, if you sorted your email, you may need to sort it over again.
If you'd search on Google, this would have been a result. Quoting the part that contains instructions: Quote:
Thor from the other forum also states a few posts down that the export and import functions, as I initially suggested, don't work for going from Outlook to Outlook, but are intended for other programs. Someone else says that it worked for them, however. You can try both - using export/import seems like it'd take less effort. |
Well the one I'm transferring it from is the Outlook Express 6 that all windows xp system has, but the 2nd computer I need to put it on is a VISTA and I'm not sure if it is also outlook express, it's call "Windows Mail" or something. And google wasn't clear on this.
I'm not a tech wiz and these Emails are my dad's and I really can't afford to have anything happen of any of them during the transfer or he will be nothing short of furious. |
I see. Here's a more specific Google search.
I quickly scanned the results and CNet's result is probably the most helpful, direct, and reputable. I'll copy it here: Quote:
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Thanks Ledgem, it worked perfectly :)
I used the export in the outlook express, and sent the files over the LAN to the VISTA computer, and used the import in Windows Mail. Although I made backup first of the folders with all the DBX files just in case... Whcih thankfully wasn't needed. I wonder why they rename something to confuse us yet have it to be pretty much the same thing? |
Maybe they think the average Windows user can't figure out what an application is for unless it has a name like "Mail?" Or, maybe they're just copying Apple.
Me, I like software with names like "Thunderbird" even if it doesn't tell you jack-s*** about what the program does. I thought perhaps the Mozilla Foundation was going to work its way through all the basic Final Fantasy elemental spells ("Thunderbird," "Firefox," etc.) but the next item, their calendaring program, is called "Sunbird." I guess names like "Icebird" or "Earthbird" don't have the same appeal. Just think, you could upgrade Firefox to Firafox then to Firagafox. Sure beats updating from 2.0.0.9 to 2.0.0.10. |
I figured they were changing the name as a marketing ploy to get new users to try it. By now, Outlook is pretty infamous for its security holes. Newer users might look at it and think it's something totally different just since it has a new name.
I'm not a huge fan of having programs named totally random things (this made my initial bouts with Linux a bit of a shock), but I must admit that I like Mozilla's naming scheme. Elements and animals - too cool. |
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