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Created 2009-05-09 Views 1511
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How to Transfer Windows Mail or Windows Live mail to Outlook Express

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Express Assist 10 may used to transfer mail messages from Windows Mail [WM] or Windows Live Mail [WLM] using one of the following methods:

A - Use the "Restore all Messages for Import"
  1. Run Express Assist 10  [EA10]
  2. Click "Restore"
  3. Locate the backup file containing WM or WLM messages -- "Open" it.
  4. Click the "Restore all Messages for Import" function (even though there is no function in OE to import WM or WLM messages).
  5. Select (check) the Mail message folders.
  6. Finish the Restore.
  7. Open "My Documents".
  8. Locate the EA10Restores folder (the folder where EA10 will have restored your WM or WLM messages).
  9. Browse in this folder -- and within the second level folder identifying the source of the messages - you will see familiar folders (like "InBox").
  10. Select all of the messages in a folder (say the InBox).
  11. Select the same folder within Outlook Express.
  12. Drag the message from the "EA10Restores\.....\" folder to Outlook Express and drop them into the selected folder in OE.... they will be copied into OE.
  13. repeat steps 10 to 12 for every folder.
Note:

(a) You may find some strange looking folder names -- names with random characters on the end.  This is a WM & WLM "feature".  Any message folder with a name longer than 15 characters is modified to contain just the first 11 characters, a blank, and 3 random characters. But you should be able to guess what the folder represents.

(b) The folders in the EA10Restores folder may not be in the same order as you are used to seeing (in WM or WLM) as WM / WLM does not keep them in order.

(c) There is a bug in Windows Mail that results in mail messages of 0 size.  These will import into OE but are useless.

B - Use the "View or Restore Selected Messages" function.

This is a bit easier than the first method but the last step is still a Drag/Drop operation.  It can be a bit confusing if you have multiple folders with the same name (something that should be avoided in any case).
  1. Run Express Assist 10  [EA10]
  2. Click "Restore"
  3. Locate the backup file containing WM or WLM messages -- "Open" it.
  4. Click the "View or Restore Selected Messages" function.
  5. Select (check) the Mail message folders.
  6. Step through the rest of the EA10 restore wizard.  At the end, you will see a list of mail folder to be restored.
  7. Leave the EA10 window open
  8. Run OE
  9. Drag each of the mail folders from EA10 to the appropriate folder in OE.














 



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