Using Storage Folders Instead of Default Folders

How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
prefer one.

"Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
> How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
> folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
> prefer one.


Your description is a bit unclear. By "folder I used in Outlook Express"
I hope you don't mean one of OE's .dbx files but just a representation
of them which has been imported into WLMail? E.g. when you installed
WLMail you were probably given an opportunity to do that.
FWIW I didn't bother letting that happen because my message store
in OE is huge, so I have no idea what the normal result may be.

AFAIK neither OE nor WLMail have any way of redirecting copies
of messages away from Sent Items. So if you were putting your
messages in OE somewhere other than in Sent Items you were
either doing it manually, e.g., either by dragging, using a menu,
or (perhaps) by manually invoking a rule. I really don't use rules
on either app but FWIW it looks as if the rules I had in OE were
successfully imported too.

Try again? : )


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

Hi, Robert.

Yes, I am not referring to OE's .dbx files but just a representation
of them which has been imported into WLMail. They're called "Storage
folders" in Windows Live Mail, and in addition to those, Windows Live Mail
has its own Inbox, Drafts, Sent items, Junk e-mail, and Deleted items. When
I was using OE, and I sent emails, the emails would naturally go into OE's
sent items folder. But, this isn't hapening in Windows Live Mail. It's
using its own (Windows Live Mail) sent items folder to put sent email, and I
have to put it manually into the sent items folder I imported from OE.

Here's a screenshot.

http://i28.tinypic.com/r0qdyc.jpg

Peter



"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
> news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
> > How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> > folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> > from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> > example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
> > folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> > that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> > Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
> > prefer one.
>
>
> Your description is a bit unclear. By "folder I used in Outlook Express"
> I hope you don't mean one of OE's .dbx files but just a representation
> of them which has been imported into WLMail? E.g. when you installed
> WLMail you were probably given an opportunity to do that.
> FWIW I didn't bother letting that happen because my message store
> in OE is huge, so I have no idea what the normal result may be.
>
> AFAIK neither OE nor WLMail have any way of redirecting copies
> of messages away from Sent Items. So if you were putting your
> messages in OE somewhere other than in Sent Items you were
> either doing it manually, e.g., either by dragging, using a menu,
> or (perhaps) by manually invoking a rule. I really don't use rules
> on either app but FWIW it looks as if the rules I had in OE were
> successfully imported too.
>
> Try again? : )
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
>

I don't know what size your folders are.

I went from 3 accounts in OE to 3 accounts in WLM.
Each account has an Inbox, Sent Items, etc.
What I did was move the messages from the Storage folders to the appropriate
account folder.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
> How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent
> items
> folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders.
> I'd
> prefer one.

Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for my
ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
import after a hard drive format?

Peter

"Peter Dryton" wrote:

> Hi, Ron.
>
> That's actually a pretty good idea. I could even rename certain folders of
> WLM's and create new ones to match the names of my old folders. I have
> roughly 1,800 messages in my Misc. folder and 1,500 in my sent folder. In
> the others, a handful in each. They're 1.78 GB in total. Thanks for the
> idea, my friend. I'll try it.
>
> I have another question. When I go into the store folder for Windows Live
> Mail, I see the imported storage folders from OE, but none of the folders for
> Windows Live Mail. Is this because I have nothing in the Windows Live Mail
> folders? Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
> > I don't know what size your folders are.
> >
> > I went from 3 accounts in OE to 3 accounts in WLM.
> > Each account has an Inbox, Sent Items, etc.
> > What I did was move the messages from the Storage folders to the appropriate
> > account folder.
> > --
> > Ronald Sommer
> >
> > "Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
> > news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
> > > How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> > > folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> > > from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> > > example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent
> > > items
> > > folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> > > that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> > > Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders.
> > > I'd
> > > prefer one.
> >
> >

I just have a single word describing each account and it is not garbled.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
news:863399EF-EBDC-43A0-B576-...
> Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
> had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for
> my
> ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
> does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
> list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
> import after a hard drive format?
>
> Peter
>
> "Peter Dryton" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Ron.
>>
>> That's actually a pretty good idea. I could even rename certain folders
>> of
>> WLM's and create new ones to match the names of my old folders. I have
>> roughly 1,800 messages in my Misc. folder and 1,500 in my sent folder.
>> In
>> the others, a handful in each. They're 1.78 GB in total. Thanks for the
>> idea, my friend. I'll try it.
>>
>> I have another question. When I go into the store folder for Windows
>> Live
>> Mail, I see the imported storage folders from OE, but none of the folders
>> for
>> Windows Live Mail. Is this because I have nothing in the Windows Live
>> Mail
>> folders? Thanks.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>>
>> > I don't know what size your folders are.
>> >
>> > I went from 3 accounts in OE to 3 accounts in WLM.
>> > Each account has an Inbox, Sent Items, etc.
>> > What I did was move the messages from the Storage folders to the
>> > appropriate
>> > account folder.
>> > --
>> > Ronald Sommer
>> >
>> > "Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
>> > news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
>> > > How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent
>> > > items
>> > > folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I
>> > > brought in
>> > > from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen?
>> > > For
>> > > example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same
>> > > sent
>> > > items
>> > > folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I
>> > > want
>> > > that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there
>> > > manually.
>> > > Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of
>> > > folders.
>> > > I'd
>> > > prefer one.
>> >
>> >

I have gotten an answer to my question here. Now I would like to give you some hints.

I had garbled names on the Import also. But when I installed Windows Live Mail it let me import at that time and the folders didn't come in garbled. Also on the import I had folders out of place. Say under Inbox instead of under Storage Folders. The import brought in another set of folders so I went through them all to make sure I had everything and deleted the duplicates.

I think the best way to handle the folders is to use Move to move them to the inbox of the Main E-mail. I'm sorry to say you can't do a range on the folders, but on the e-mail that you want to more from the Storage Folder InBox, you can Move a range of e-mail using your shift key.

This way all the folers will be ready to receive the results of Message Rules also.

I'm use to dealing with one InBox for 4 users. So I'm getting use to a new way also. I haven't found a workaround for that.

Susan




PeterDryto wrote:

Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now.
08-Feb-08

Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for my
ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
import after a hard drive format?

Peter

"Peter Dryton" wrote:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:57 AM
PeterDryto wrote:

Using Storage Folders Instead of Default Folders
How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
prefer one.

On Friday, February 08, 2008 8:59 PM
Robert Aldwinckle wrote:

Re: Using Storage Folders Instead of Default Folders
"Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...


Your description is a bit unclear. By "folder I used in Outlook Express"
I hope you don't mean one of OE's .dbx files but just a representation
of them which has been imported into WLMail? E.g. when you installed
WLMail you were probably given an opportunity to do that.
FWIW I didn't bother letting that happen because my message store
in OE is huge, so I have no idea what the normal result may be.

AFAIK neither OE nor WLMail have any way of redirecting copies
of messages away from Sent Items. So if you were putting your
messages in OE somewhere other than in Sent Items you were
either doing it manually, e.g., either by dragging, using a menu,
or (perhaps) by manually invoking a rule. I really don't use rules
on either app but FWIW it looks as if the rules I had in OE were
successfully imported too.

Try again? : )


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:04 PM
PeterDryto wrote:

Hi, Robert.Yes, I am not referring to OE's .
Hi, Robert.

Yes, I am not referring to OE's .dbx files but just a representation
of them which has been imported into WLMail. They're called "Storage
folders" in Windows Live Mail, and in addition to those, Windows Live Mail
has its own Inbox, Drafts, Sent items, Junk e-mail, and Deleted items. When
I was using OE, and I sent emails, the emails would naturally go into OE's
sent items folder. But, this isn't hapening in Windows Live Mail. It's
using its own (Windows Live Mail) sent items folder to put sent email, and I
have to put it manually into the sent items folder I imported from OE.

Here's a screenshot.

http://i28.tinypic.com/r0qdyc.jpg

Peter



"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:05 PM
Ron Sommer wrote:

I don't know what size your folders are.
I don't know what size your folders are.

I went from 3 accounts in OE to 3 accounts in WLM.
Each account has an Inbox, Sent Items, etc.
What I did was move the messages from the Storage folders to the appropriate
account folder.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...

On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:39 PM
PeterDryto wrote:

Hi, Ron.That's actually a pretty good idea.
Hi, Ron.

That's actually a pretty good idea. I could even rename certain folders of
WLM's and create new ones to match the names of my old folders. I have
roughly 1,800 messages in my Misc. folder and 1,500 in my sent folder. In
the others, a handful in each. They're 1.78 GB in total. Thanks for the
idea, my friend. I'll try it.

I have another question. When I go into the store folder for Windows Live
Mail, I see the imported storage folders from OE, but none of the folders for
Windows Live Mail. Is this because I have nothing in the Windows Live Mail
folders? Thanks.

Peter

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

On Friday, February 08, 2008 11:05 PM
PeterDryto wrote:

Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now.
Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for my
ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
import after a hard drive format?

Peter

"Peter Dryton" wrote:

On Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:32 AM
Ron Sommer wrote:

I just have a single word describing each account and it is not garbled.
I just have a single word describing each account and it is not garbled.
--
Ronald Sommer

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I made a slight error above. It doesn't show that you can Move the folders, but if you put your curser on the folder to be moved you can move it up and down the list to the folder - like InBox - that you want to put it in.

Susan



Susan wrote:

Windows Live Mail Storage Folders
25-Oct-09

I have gotten an answer to my question here. Now I would like to give you some hints.

I had garbled names on the Import also. But when I installed Windows Live Mail it let me import at that time and the folders didn't come in garbled. Also on the import I had folders out of place. Say under Inbox instead of under Storage Folders. The import brought in another set of folders so I went through them all to make sure I had everything and deleted the duplicates.

I think the best way to handle the folders is to use Move to move them to the inbox of the Main E-mail. I'm sorry to say you can't do a range on the folders, but on the e-mail that you want to more from the Storage Folder InBox, you can Move a range of e-mail using your shift key.

This way all the folers will be ready to receive the results of Message Rules also.

I'm use to dealing with one InBox for 4 users. So I'm getting use to a new way also. I haven't found a workaround for that.

Susan

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Well, this didn't work. I had to make a new folder under InBox. Then I was able to move all the e-mail from the same named folder in the Storage Folder to the one up in Main E-mail InBox.

Go to the first e-mail in the folder and click it then hold your shift key and go to the last e-mail in that folder and click it and you can right click on any and move them.

This time I've already done it.

The moving of Folders has to stay in the Storage Folders area or which ever area you are in.



Susan wrote:

Windows Live Mail Storage Folders
25-Oct-09

I made a slight error above. It doesn't show that you can Move the folders, but if you put your curser on the folder to be moved you can move it up and down the list to the folder - like InBox - that you want to put it in.

Susan

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"Susan" wrote:

> I have gotten an answer to my question here. Now I would like to give you some hints.
>
> I had garbled names on the Import also. But when I installed Windows Live Mail it let me import at that time and the folders didn't come in garbled. Also on the import I had folders out of place. Say under Inbox instead of under Storage Folders. The import brought in another set of folders so I went through them all to make sure I had everything and deleted the duplicates.
>
> I think the best way to handle the folders is to use Move to move them to the inbox of the Main E-mail. I'm sorry to say you can't do a range on the folders, but on the e-mail that you want to more from the Storage Folder InBox, you can Move a range of e-mail using your shift key.
>
> This way all the folers will be ready to receive the results of Message Rules also.
>
> I'm use to dealing with one InBox for 4 users. So I'm getting use to a new way also. I haven't found a workaround for that.
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>
> PeterDryto wrote:
>
> Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now.
> 08-Feb-08
>
> Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
> had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for my
> ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
> does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
> list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
> import after a hard drive format?
>
> Peter
>
> "Peter Dryton" wrote:
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:57 AM
> PeterDryto wrote:
>
> Using Storage Folders Instead of Default Folders
> How do I go about informing the program that I want to use the sent items
> folder, the inbox, the outbox, etc. from the storage folders I brought in
> from Outlook Express instead of the ones at the top of the screen? For
> example, when I send an email, the email doesn't go into the same sent items
> folder I used in Outlook Express, but a new sent items folder. If I want
> that email in the old sent items folder, I have to move it there manually.
> Is there a way around this? It seems weird to have two sets of folders. I'd
> prefer one.
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 8:59 PM
> Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
>
> Re: Using Storage Folders Instead of Default Folders
> "Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
> news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
>
>
> Your description is a bit unclear. By "folder I used in Outlook Express"
> I hope you don't mean one of OE's .dbx files but just a representation
> of them which has been imported into WLMail? E.g. when you installed
> WLMail you were probably given an opportunity to do that.
> FWIW I didn't bother letting that happen because my message store
> in OE is huge, so I have no idea what the normal result may be.
>
> AFAIK neither OE nor WLMail have any way of redirecting copies
> of messages away from Sent Items. So if you were putting your
> messages in OE somewhere other than in Sent Items you were
> either doing it manually, e.g., either by dragging, using a menu,
> or (perhaps) by manually invoking a rule. I really don't use rules
> on either app but FWIW it looks as if the rules I had in OE were
> successfully imported too.
>
> Try again? : )
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:04 PM
> PeterDryto wrote:
>
> Hi, Robert.Yes, I am not referring to OE's .
> Hi, Robert.
>
> Yes, I am not referring to OE's .dbx files but just a representation
> of them which has been imported into WLMail. They're called "Storage
> folders" in Windows Live Mail, and in addition to those, Windows Live Mail
> has its own Inbox, Drafts, Sent items, Junk e-mail, and Deleted items. When
> I was using OE, and I sent emails, the emails would naturally go into OE's
> sent items folder. But, this isn't hapening in Windows Live Mail. It's
> using its own (Windows Live Mail) sent items folder to put sent email, and I
> have to put it manually into the sent items folder I imported from OE.
>
> Here's a screenshot.
>
> http://i28.tinypic.com/r0qdyc.jpg
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:05 PM
> Ron Sommer wrote:
>
> I don't know what size your folders are.
> I don't know what size your folders are.
>
> I went from 3 accounts in OE to 3 accounts in WLM.
> Each account has an Inbox, Sent Items, etc.
> What I did was move the messages from the Storage folders to the appropriate
> account folder.
> --
> Ronald Sommer
>
> "Peter Dryton" <> wrote in message
> news:5488223F-D480-4954-A44E-...
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 10:39 PM
> PeterDryto wrote:
>
> Hi, Ron.That's actually a pretty good idea.
> Hi, Ron.
>
> That's actually a pretty good idea. I could even rename certain folders of
> WLM's and create new ones to match the names of my old folders. I have
> roughly 1,800 messages in my Misc. folder and 1,500 in my sent folder. In
> the others, a handful in each. They're 1.78 GB in total. Thanks for the
> idea, my friend. I'll try it.
>
> I have another question. When I go into the store folder for Windows Live
> Mail, I see the imported storage folders from OE, but none of the folders for
> Windows Live Mail. Is this because I have nothing in the Windows Live Mail
> folders? Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
> On Friday, February 08, 2008 11:05 PM
> PeterDryto wrote:
>
> Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now.
> Update. I am able to see the Windows Live Mail folders now. The reason I
> had trouble seeing them originally is because the server name I gave for my
> ISP email (Microsoft Mail Server) appears garbled in Windows Explorer, and
> does not read exactly as "Microsoft Mail Server" as it does in the folder
> list within Windows Live Mail. Will this cause problems during an email
> import after a hard drive format?
>
> Peter
>
> "Peter Dryton" wrote:
>
> On Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:32 AM
> Ron Sommer wrote:
>
> I just have a single word describing each account and it is not garbled.
> I just have a single word describing each account and it is not garbled.
> --
> Ronald Sommer
>
> EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
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> .
> I have a related question. Under VISTA, I designated my own storage location for Windows Mail and kept it in my Documents folder. Then I installed Windows Live and designated a second storage folder for my mail, again in my Documents folder. My problem is this: I now have two mail folders and the old Windows Mail folder's name is in Blue which means it also has files left for Windows Live. I cannot delete the old Windows Mail folder. I fully and truthfully admit that I was stupid getting into this mess in the first place -- I should have left the mail folders in their hidden Windows designated storage locations in the first place. How can I merge the files from the two mail folders or delete one of the folders?