Transfer WLM emails daily between computers

I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer downloads all
of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home computer
downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to transfer at
the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created by
message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and located in
their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer having
duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders and
emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other files
or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index files)
that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM as my
Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was copy all
of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any insights.

The difference between OE and WLM is that a DBX file in OE contains not
only all the messages for a folder, but the index as well. In WLM each
message is an operating system EML file and there is a single index
Mail.MSMessageStore for all folders, accounts, etc.

I don't know if transferring the Mail.MSMessageStore along with all the
folders of EML files would get you into trouble or not.

What you are trying to do isn't supported by the product.

The ideal way to do what you want is to use a mail service that supports
IMAP (or HTTP - Hotmail). That's designed for multiple devices/programs
to share a single e-mail account. All mail is stored on the mail
server and PCs/mail programs synchronize with it so that the mail
programs mirrors the mail server. One downside of IMAP is that WLM does
support message rules for IMAP.



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Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"Mark Willens" <Mark > wrote in message
news:6FA0860E-981A-43FA-9CB8-...
> I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer
> downloads all
> of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home
> computer
> downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to
> transfer at
> the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created
> by
> message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
> computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and
> located in
> their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer
> having
> duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
> Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders
> and
> emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other
> files
> or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index
> files)
> that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM
> as my
> Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was
> copy all
> of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any
> insights.

Should it be?
One downside of IMAP is that WLM does *not* support message rules for IMAP.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail


"Michael Santovec" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The difference between OE and WLM is that a DBX file in OE contains not
> only all the messages for a folder, but the index as well. In WLM each
> message is an operating system EML file and there is a single index
> Mail.MSMessageStore for all folders, accounts, etc.
>
> I don't know if transferring the Mail.MSMessageStore along with all the
> folders of EML files would get you into trouble or not.
>
> What you are trying to do isn't supported by the product.
>
> The ideal way to do what you want is to use a mail service that supports
> IMAP (or HTTP - Hotmail). That's designed for multiple devices/programs
> to share a single e-mail account. All mail is stored on the mail server
> and PCs/mail programs synchronize with it so that the mail programs
> mirrors the mail server. One downside of IMAP is that WLM does support
> message rules for IMAP.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us
>
>
>
> "Mark Willens" <Mark > wrote in message
> news:6FA0860E-981A-43FA-9CB8-...
>> I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer downloads
>> all
>> of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home computer
>> downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to transfer
>> at
>> the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created by
>> message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
>> computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and located
>> in
>> their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer
>> having
>> duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
>> Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders
>> and
>> emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other
>> files
>> or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index files)
>> that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM as
>> my
>> Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was copy
>> all
>> of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any
>> insights.
>
>

I used to do this successfully on 2 x XP computers by the following:
1. Close WLM on both
2. Copy the Windows Live Mail folder from the Office computer to a USB device
3. Delete the Windows Live Mail folder on the Home computer
4. Copy the Windows Live Mail folder from the USB device to the Home computer.

This moves all the accounts as well. The only issue is that the account
passwords have to be re-entered on the Home computer.

BUT, when I tried this between a Windows 7 computer and an XP computer WLM
failed to open with a corrupt file messge - the only way to get the messages
across was to use Export Import - then, of course, the messages end up in
their correct folders but all in the Imported Messages folder.

"Mark Willens" wrote:

> I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer downloads all
> of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home computer
> downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to transfer at
> the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created by
> message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
> computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and located in
> their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer having
> duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
> Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders and
> emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other files
> or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index files)
> that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM as my
> Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was copy all
> of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any insights.

Yes that was a typo. Should have been does NOT support message rules.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Should it be?
> One downside of IMAP is that WLM does *not* support message rules for
> IMAP.
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
>
> "Michael Santovec" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The difference between OE and WLM is that a DBX file in OE contains
>> not only all the messages for a folder, but the index as well. In
>> WLM each message is an operating system EML file and there is a
>> single index Mail.MSMessageStore for all folders, accounts, etc.
>>
>> I don't know if transferring the Mail.MSMessageStore along with all
>> the folders of EML files would get you into trouble or not.
>>
>> What you are trying to do isn't supported by the product.
>>
>> The ideal way to do what you want is to use a mail service that
>> supports IMAP (or HTTP - Hotmail). That's designed for multiple
>> devices/programs to share a single e-mail account. All mail is
>> stored on the mail server and PCs/mail programs synchronize with it
>> so that the mail programs mirrors the mail server. One downside of
>> IMAP is that WLM does support message rules for IMAP.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mark Willens" <Mark > wrote in
>> message news:6FA0860E-981A-43FA-9CB8-...
>>> I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer
>>> downloads all
>>> of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home
>>> computer
>>> downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to
>>> transfer at
>>> the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders
>>> created by
>>> message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my
>>> Home
>>> computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and
>>> located in
>>> their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home
>>> computer having
>>> duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little
>>> "synchronicity".
>>> Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office
>>> folders and
>>> emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there
>>> other files
>>> or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index
>>> files)
>>> that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of
>>> WLM as my
>>> Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was
>>> copy all
>>> of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any
>>> insights.
>>
>>

On of the reasons I use POP3 rather than IMAP is (1) I want my emails stored
locally on my hard drive because I do not always have internet access; (2) I
want them organized in certain folders which necessitates message rules; (3)
I use an index program to index them because these emails contain a wealth of
knowledge--primarily from various listservs to which I subscribe; and (4) I
don't want to have to copy all emails from my Office omputer every evening
before I go home, just the new ones which need to be transferred to my Home
computer.

And because I have migrated to Windows 7 (at least on my Home computer for
now), WLM seems to be the best option at this time.

I don't understand why this synchronization between WLM on two desktop
computers can't be a simple process.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I will try them out and report back.

Mark L. Willens
"Mark Willens" wrote:

> I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer downloads all
> of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home computer
> downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to transfer at
> the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created by
> message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
> computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and located in
> their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer having
> duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
> Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders and
> emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other files
> or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index files)
> that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM as my
> Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was copy all
> of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any insights.

John's suggestion below appears to work. I transferred my "Office" WLM
accounts and folders and messages to my "Home" WLM computer. Thanks!

"John A" wrote:

> I used to do this successfully on 2 x XP computers by the following:
> 1. Close WLM on both
> 2. Copy the Windows Live Mail folder from the Office computer to a USB device
> 3. Delete the Windows Live Mail folder on the Home computer
> 4. Copy the Windows Live Mail folder from the USB device to the Home computer.
>
> This moves all the accounts as well. The only issue is that the account
> passwords have to be re-entered on the Home computer.
>
> BUT, when I tried this between a Windows 7 computer and an XP computer WLM
> failed to open with a corrupt file messge - the only way to get the messages
> across was to use Export Import - then, of course, the messages end up in
> their correct folders but all in the Imported Messages folder.
>
> "Mark Willens" wrote:
>
> > I have an Office and Home computer. WLM on my Office computer downloads all
> > of my emails and removes them from the server. WLM on my Home computer
> > downloads emails but leaves them on the server. I would like to transfer at
> > the end of each day any new Office emails (located in folders created by
> > message rules) to my Home computer so that when I start WLM on my Home
> > computer, I have an exact replica of all of my Office emails (and located in
> > their correct folders). My efforts to date result in my Home computer having
> > duplicate folders, duplicate messages and very little "synchronicity".
> > Apparently, there is more to this than just copying the Office folders and
> > emails and pasting them into WLM on my Home computer. Are there other files
> > or folders that I need to copy/paste also (e.g., database or index files)
> > that would allow my Home computer to exhibit an exact duplicate of WLM as my
> > Office computer. When I used Outlook Express, all I had to do was copy all
> > of the dbx files from one computer to the other. Thanks for any insights.