I cannot open email folders stored as .DBX, neither from the email store or
the CD drive.
It is my primary aim to use, as a new tactic, to compact the IN-BOX and
clear it, so that I can have the massive loads I get out of the way, on disc.
In the future, I may store them on an external driver accessable remotely,
HOWEVER, as to thbae now: Having compacted the IN Box and found that it -
unexpectedly - was then cleared! I proceeded quickly to back up the .dbx
folder FROM the store ("OUTLOOK STACK" by name here) TO the cd drive.

BUT - I cannot get OUTLOOK to open the files.
It is to be regretted that, as far as I know, there is no way to stack
emails as individual files without the time-consuming process of doing a Save
As routine on each one. It is beyong belief that OUTLOOK is incapable of
neither "drag and drop" transfers nor the native batch transfers which ibm
formats are so good at.

AS TO THE FOLDERS: Please can anyone tell me why the .dbx folders will NOT
open?
-Bluey

"Bluey Quilty, MA" Bluey Quilty, wrote in
message ...
I cannot open email folders stored as .DBX, neither from the email store or
the CD drive.
It is my primary aim to use, as a new tactic, to compact the IN-BOX and
clear it, so that I can have the massive loads I get out of the way, on
disc.
In the future, I may store them on an external driver accessable remotely,
HOWEVER, as to thbae now: Having compacted the IN Box and found that it -
unexpectedly - was then cleared! I proceeded quickly to back up the .dbx
folder FROM the store ("OUTLOOK STACK" by name here) TO the cd drive.

BUT - I cannot get OUTLOOK to open the files.
It is to be regretted that, as far as I know, there is no way to stack
emails as individual files without the time-consuming process of doing a
Save
As routine on each one. It is beyong belief that OUTLOOK is incapable of
neither "drag and drop" transfers nor the native batch transfers which ibm
formats are so good at.

AS TO THE FOLDERS: Please can anyone tell me why the .dbx folders will
NOT
open?
-Bluey

Outlook cannot open DBX files. DBX files are from Outlook Express, not
Outlook.

See Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm

Then see these pages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/
www.oehelp.com/OEX/

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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