Importing dbx files into Windows Mail

My old computer died. I was able to pull all the dbx files (from OE
6), including folders.dbx, from the old hard drive. All dbx files
have read-only unselected and they are all in a single folder on my
new hard drive. Using the correct path, I am able to go through the
Windows Mail import procedure. I am able to choose all folders
(inbox, sent, drafts, deleted, etc) to import. I get no error
messages. When the import process is complete, the folders appear
(but no custom folders [e.g. Billy's E-Mails]) in Windows Mail but
they are empty; there are no messages. I've tried this a number of
times, always with the same result. Any ideas how to deal with this?
Thanks!

<jvminnick@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4ef026d9-8e7c-43e5-a2e6-58de4b7fd9ff@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> My old computer died. I was able to pull all the dbx files (from OE
> 6), including folders.dbx, from the old hard drive. All dbx files
> have read-only unselected and they are all in a single folder on my
> new hard drive. Using the correct path, I am able to go through the
> Windows Mail import procedure. I am able to choose all folders
> (inbox, sent, drafts, deleted, etc) to import. I get no error
> messages. When the import process is complete, the folders appear
> (but no custom folders [e.g. Billy's E-Mails]) in Windows Mail but
> they are empty; there are no messages. I've tried this a number of
> times, always with the same result. Any ideas how to deal with this?
> Thanks!

Try opening the store folder and WM side by side (resize windows), and drag
and drop the messages to the folders, create new WM folders as needed.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP : Mail.
[DTS] UK.

On Mar 14, 7:58*am, " mac" <mackne...@fsmail.net> wrote:
> <jvminn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:4ef026d9-8e7c-43e5-a2e6-58de4b7fd9ff@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> > My old computer died. *I was able to pull all the dbx files (from OE
> > 6), including folders.dbx, from the old hard drive. *All dbx files
> > have read-only unselected and they are all in a single folder on my
> > new hard drive. *Using the correct path, I am able to go through the
> > Windows Mail import procedure. *I am able to choose all folders
> > (inbox, sent, drafts, deleted, etc) to import. *I get no error
> > messages. *When the import process is complete, the folders appear
> > (but no custom folders [e.g. Billy's E-Mails]) in Windows Mail but
> > they are empty; *there are no messages. *I've tried this a number of
> > times, always with the same result. *Any ideas how to deal with this?
> > Thanks!
>
> Try opening the store folder and WM side by side (resize windows), and drag
> and drop the messages to the folders, create new WM folders as needed.
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP : Mail.
> [DTS] UK.

Thanks. It won't let me do that. Says "file does not exist or
another application is using it." If I try to drop the files instead
of the entire folder, it thinks I want to send an email with all those
dbx files as attachments.

<jvminnick@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mar 14, 7:58 am, " mac" <mackne...@fsmail.net> wrote:
> <jvminn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:4ef026d9-8e7c-43e5-a2e6-58de4b7fd9ff@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> > My old computer died. I was able to pull all the dbx files (from OE
> > 6), including folders.dbx, from the old hard drive. All dbx files
> > have read-only unselected and they are all in a single folder on my
> > new hard drive. Using the correct path, I am able to go through the
> > Windows Mail import procedure. I am able to choose all folders
> > (inbox, sent, drafts, deleted, etc) to import. I get no error
> > messages. When the import process is complete, the folders appear
> > (but no custom folders [e.g. Billy's E-Mails]) in Windows Mail but
> > they are empty; there are no messages. I've tried this a number of
> > times, always with the same result. Any ideas how to deal with this?
> > Thanks!


Thanks. It won't let me do that. Says "file does not exist or
another application is using it." If I try to drop the files instead
of the entire folder, it thinks I want to send an email with all those
dbx files as attachments.

See this site http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx