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Can I import Outlook Express email into another instance of Outlook Express?

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I'll assume you're running OE 6. Hit File, Import, Messages, select Outlook Express 6 (or whatever version of Outlook Express you're importing from, and press Next. Now select Import mail from an OE6 store directory, and press OK. The next page of the import wizard will let you point to the directory containing the other OE's store. Once you've selected that, press Next and you can choose which folders to import.

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To import email from Outlook Express into Outlook open outlook go to file:import-export:last entry is import mail & addresses:then menu provides for importing from outlook express, and voila just import.

Posted by: John at January 28, 2008 02:02 PM

Thanks for your instructions Leo! Do you have similar instructions for Vista's Windows Mail? For XP I've been using Adolix Email Backup http://www.adolix.com/email-backup/ , but they don't support Vista.

Posted by: Florin at February 23, 2008 06:28 AM

I would like to transfer/copy 90 emails from Microsoft Outlook on one computer to Microsoft Outlook on another under different email addresses, how do I do that?

Posted by: Elizabeth Gawor at March 5, 2008 07:02 AM

Please tell me if I import my outlook express e-mail from my old computer onto my new one, will the e-mail still exist on my old computer.Would I be able to check my outlook express from either computer? I want to set up one at home and at work but still be able to access my outlook from both with having all e-mails on both computers.

Thank you
Samantha Smith

Posted by: Samantha Smith at April 4, 2008 03:50 AM

I'm an experienced computer user and I am totally UN-able to access old emails and my previous address book thus far, even using your instructions. Any further recommendations? I've got my previous set-up on C:\My Backup -- 14-04-08 0721

Thanks,
Tom

Posted by: Tom at April 14, 2008 10:05 PM

I had Outlook Express 2000 (version 6) on my previous computer. Now my new computer has Outlook 2007. I have imported all emails from OE to Outlook 2007. However, the .dbx files which is the sent folder is not getting imported. How can I import the sent files from OE to Outlook 2007? Thanks for your help in advance.
Warm Regards,
Sunila

Posted by: Sunila at April 19, 2008 12:04 AM

I want to know if I can import to Outlook Express 6 from an email like yahoo and hotmail. I also just changed my ISP and can't get my email under my old ISP, I need to know if it is possible to import from my old address until all of my friends know the new address?

Posted by: Christi at May 25, 2008 11:23 AM

If some of you are trying to import your outlook express files from one computer into Microsoft Outlook on another computer as I have been trying to do... Simply copy the store folder as mentioned above to the new computer. Open outlook express to import that folder. THEN open outlook and import from outlook express. All should be right with the world after that.

Posted by: Juergen Harder at July 12, 2008 12:32 PM

how can i transfer files from windows email to eudora email

Posted by: bill at July 24, 2008 06:26 PM

Leo, I backed up my old emails from Outlook by dragging and dropping them into a folder on my desktop. Is there a way that I can sort the emails by sender and not by subject? Help!

Posted by: Jenny at August 19, 2008 10:20 PM

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