Re: Problem Importing messages from OE6

Hi, PT.

Have you looked in Imported Folders - under Storage Folders?

You may need to click View | Layout, then click Folder Pane | Show Storage
Folders.

The Menu Bar (File, Edit, View...) is hidden, by default, in WLM to provide
more screen real estate. To see it, just press <Alt>; to toggle it on/off,
press <Alt>+M, M.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"PT" <> wrote in message
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> Win 7 64 Home Premium, WLM question
>
> I successfully imported my address book into WLM Contacts
>
> I have a message store of several hundred old emails in my old OE6
> program, on an old WinXP home computer which I want to import to WLM.
>
> Here’s what I did.
>
> First, I compacted the OE6 message folders, then located the OE6
> Store, and copied it over to the new Windows 7 computer dropping it in
> the Win 7 Documents Folder.
>
> Then in WLM, I clicked File | Import | Messages | MS OE6
>
> I Browsed to the temporary location of the store folder, and started
> the import.
>
> I watched as the messages all transferred. Although it went fast, I
> could see my messages titles going by.
>
> But when the process completed. I looked in my WLM left hand pane, and
> none of the messages are present.
>
> So what did I do wrong?
>
> And where did those imported messages likely end up?

Folders should not be moved. Move the messages instead.
There is one problem with storing messages under the account folders. If
you remove the account, the messages are also removed.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"PT" <> wrote in message
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>
> Mea Culpa
>
> I was mistaken. The OE6 email store was indeed imported into WLM.
> The message tree was hiding in Storage Folders | Imported Folder |
> Local Folders
>
> So now, how is WLM intended to be used?
>
> In my OE6, the top of the tree is Local Folders. Then in the next
> level, in sequence are Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items,
> Drafts, followed by a variety of folders I created.
>
> New messages arrive in my InBox
>
> In contrast, on my WLM, at the top there’s a Quick Views | Unread e-
> mail section
>
> Then for my Personal Mail “PT” Account there’s an Inbox, Drafts, Sent
> Items, Junk Mail, and Deleted Items
>
> I can’t seem to drag any of the imported folders now in the Storage
> Folders | Imported Folders | local Folders, up to my Personal Mail
> “PT” Account.
>
> So is it the intent of the WLM design that the imported folders stay
> in Storage, or is there some way to move them up to the “PT” email
> section?

The Storage folders was used as the destination for importing.
Email is delivered to the respective email account's folders(Inbox)

If desired, copy 'messages' not folder(s) from the Storage folders/<subfolders> to your email account.

Note: The Storage folders is for archiving and for many a good place...since any account removal *will** delete the account and all
of the account's folders. The Storage folders on the other hand are not deleted when an account is removed.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"PT" <> wrote in message news:264a2c51-bee2-494a-9222-...
>
> Mea Culpa
>
> I was mistaken. The OE6 email store was indeed imported into WLM.
> The message tree was hiding in Storage Folders | Imported Folder |
> Local Folders
>
> So now, how is WLM intended to be used?
>
> In my OE6, the top of the tree is Local Folders. Then in the next
> level, in sequence are Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items,
> Drafts, followed by a variety of folders I created.
>
> New messages arrive in my InBox
>
> In contrast, on my WLM, at the top there’s a Quick Views | Unread e-
> mail section
>
> Then for my Personal Mail “PT” Account there’s an Inbox, Drafts, Sent
> Items, Junk Mail, and Deleted Items
>
> I can’t seem to drag any of the imported folders now in the Storage
> Folders | Imported Folders | local Folders, up to my Personal Mail
> “PT” Account.
>
> So is it the intent of the WLM design that the imported folders stay
> in Storage, or is there some way to move them up to the “PT” email
> section?