Migrating emails from MSOutlook2002 to Windows Live Mail

My old PC has emails I want to get into WLM - The only export option I see is
..pst - there must be a way. How?
[ I see a number of posts here tangential to this issue, but nothing I
understand ] This must be the fundamental question for users buying new MS
PC's - is it really impossible for a lay person?

"chas adrion" <chas > wrote in message
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> My old PC has emails I want to get into WLM - The only export option I see
> is
> .pst - there must be a way. How?
> [ I see a number of posts here tangential to this issue, but nothing I
> understand ] This must be the fundamental question for users buying new
> MS
> PC's - is it really impossible for a lay person?

And what OS do you have on the old PC?

I think I have made some progress... I found OutlookExpress on my old PC, and
I was able to import the MSOutlook2002 messages into it. I can re-export
these but I have no idea where the output-file is going or what format - help
please.

"chas adrion" wrote:

> My old PC has emails I want to get into WLM - The only export option I see is
> .pst - there must be a way. How?
> [ I see a number of posts here tangential to this issue, but nothing I
> understand ] This must be the fundamental question for users buying new MS
> PC's - is it really impossible for a lay person?

"chas adrion" <> wrote in message
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> I think I have made some progress... I found OutlookExpress on my old PC,
> and
> I was able to import the MSOutlook2002 messages into it. I can re-export
> these but I have no idea where the output-file is going or what format -
> help
> please.
>

Don't export anything.
Copy the WHOLE of the OE message store (and if you don't know where that is
located do Tools-Options-Maintenance-Store Folder) to a new folder on your
Windows 7 machine. Make sure that the file called Folders.dbx is included.
Then in Windows Live Mail do File-Import-Messages-Outlook Express 6 and
navigate to the folder you copied the OE files to.

HTH

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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>
> "chas adrion" <> wrote in message
> news:5F2C738D-72FF-4FA4-B692-...
>> I think I have made some progress... I found OutlookExpress on my old PC,
>> and
>> I was able to import the MSOutlook2002 messages into it. I can re-export
>> these but I have no idea where the output-file is going or what format -
>> help
>> please.
>>
>
> Don't export anything.
> Copy the WHOLE of the OE message store (and if you don't know where that
> is located do Tools-Options-Maintenance-Store Folder) to a new folder on
> your Windows 7 machine. Make sure that the file called Folders.dbx is
> included.
> Then in Windows Live Mail do File-Import-Messages-Outlook Express 6 and
> navigate to the folder you copied the OE files to.
>
> HTH

Oh and by the way, the imported folders will appear under Storage Folders in
WLM...

Windows XP on the old PC

"chas adrion" wrote:

> My old PC has emails I want to get into WLM - The only export option I see is
> .pst - there must be a way. How?
> [ I see a number of posts here tangential to this issue, but nothing I
> understand ] This must be the fundamental question for users buying new MS
> PC's - is it really impossible for a lay person?

THANKS! that worked fine.
(end of problem)

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > "chas adrion" <> wrote in message
> > news:5F2C738D-72FF-4FA4-B692-...
> >> I think I have made some progress... I found OutlookExpress on my old PC,
> >> and
> >> I was able to import the MSOutlook2002 messages into it. I can re-export
> >> these but I have no idea where the output-file is going or what format -
> >> help
> >> please.
> >>
> >
> > Don't export anything.
> > Copy the WHOLE of the OE message store (and if you don't know where that
> > is located do Tools-Options-Maintenance-Store Folder) to a new folder on
> > your Windows 7 machine. Make sure that the file called Folders.dbx is
> > included.
> > Then in Windows Live Mail do File-Import-Messages-Outlook Express 6 and
> > navigate to the folder you copied the OE files to.
> >
> > HTH
>
> Oh and by the way, the imported folders will appear under Storage Folders in
> WLM...
>
> .
>

"chas adrion" <> wrote in message
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> THANKS! that worked fine.
> (end of problem)
>

YW!