On Oct 8, 4:16 pm, "Gordon" wrote:
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On Oct 8, 2:31 pm, "Gordon" wrote:
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FINAL FIX:

THIS WORKED FOR ME:

USE OFFICE 2000 TO UPGRADE YOUR MAIL TO OUTLOOK 2003.

What a LOAD of crap - you were obviously doing something COMPLETELY wrong as
the procedure has worked for THOUSANDS OF OTHERS without having to resort to
your mangled convoluted method.

If you perform an Internet search, you will find *many* references to
the *same* error message I reported.
The fact that it worked for *thousands* of customers doesn't mean that
the other millions of failed conversions are unimportant or
insignificant.

Please restate your solutions as to:
1) Why the Windows Mail cannot file the DBX files in the directory
specified(they are still there)
2) Why the second method of importing Outlook Express messages results
in a disappearing message window
3) Why the migration is flawless using Windows 2000 as the transfer
medium

It is very common to blame the end user of doing something wrong when
you don't know why it's happening.

On Oct 8, 5:36 pm, "Brian Tillman" wrote:
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I've tried:

Importing via Outlook | Import from another Program or File
Importing via Outlook | Import Internet Mail and Addresses
Exporting from Outlook Express

Place the DBX files into some folder. Start Windows Mail. Click
FileImportMessages. Select the appropriate version of Outlook Express.
Click Next. Select the "Import mail from OE store directory. Click Next.
Browse to the folder containing the DBX files and import them. When done,
click FileExportMessages, select Microsoft Office Outlook and click OK.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

This process results in "No Files Found" or something to that effect
- very common issue if you search google for failed Outlook Express
imports.

On Oct 8, 10:06 pm, "
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Can't import dbx files directly into Outlook. But you can import from
Outlook Express which has those files open into Outlook:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...943871033.aspx

(Why are you using MS products if they so clearly anger you so much?)

lol

good point.

It's not the products in general that anger me so much. It's the once-
in-a-blue-moon-migration that fails with strange errors.

I would have thought that the import procedure would have improved by
now. There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there. And a Microsoft mail migration utility would be nice.

As I said - I spent 2-4 hours trying to do the exact same thing (in
Windows Mail) that worked the first time using Outlook Express and
Office 2000. (10 minutes in Office 2000 and Outlook Express 6).

On Oct 10, 11:53 am, "
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On Oct 8, 4:16 pm, "Gordon" wrote:





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On Oct 8, 2:31 pm, "Gordon" wrote:
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groups.com...

FINAL FIX:

THIS WORKED FOR ME:

USE OFFICE 2000 TO UPGRADE YOUR MAIL TO OUTLOOK 2003.

What a LOAD of crap - you were obviously doing something COMPLETELY wrong as
the procedure has worked for THOUSANDS OF OTHERS without having to resort to
your mangled convoluted method.

If you perform an Internet search, you will find *many* references to
the *same* error message I reported.
The fact that it worked for *thousands* of customers doesn't mean that
the other millions of failed conversions are unimportant or
insignificant.

Please restate your solutions as to:
1) Why the Windows Mail cannot file the DBX files in the directory
specified(they are still there)
2) Why the second method of importing Outlook Express messages results
in a disappearing message window
3) Why the migration is flawless using Windows 2000 as the transfer
medium

It is very common to blame the end user of doing something wrong when
you don't know why it's happening.- Hide quoted text -

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er - OFFICE 2000 - not Windows 2000.

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On Oct 8, 5:36 pm, "Brian Tillman" wrote:
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I've tried:

Importing via Outlook | Import from another Program or File
Importing via Outlook | Import Internet Mail and Addresses
Exporting from Outlook Express

Place the DBX files into some folder. Start Windows Mail. Click
FileImportMessages. Select the appropriate version of Outlook Express.
Click Next. Select the "Import mail from OE store directory. Click
Next.
Browse to the folder containing the DBX files and import them. When
done,
click FileExportMessages, select Microsoft Office Outlook and click OK.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

This process results in "No Files Found" or something to that effect
- very common issue if you search google for failed Outlook Express
imports.



And that is usually because you have failed to copy the file called
folders.dbx.

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There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there.

Three to be precise. not as many versions as Outlook.....

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There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there.

Three to be precise. not as many versions as Outlook.....

5, actually.

4.
5.
5.5.
6.
6 w/ sp2.

Still less than Outlook, I agree.
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f.h.

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"Gordon" wrote in message
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There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there.

Three to be precise. not as many versions as Outlook.....

5, actually.

4.
5.
5.5.
6.
6 w/ sp2.

Still less than Outlook, I agree.
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f.h.


5.5 and 6 w/SP2 are a BIT pedantic.....

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"F. H. Muffman" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there.

Three to be precise. not as many versions as Outlook.....

5, actually.

4.
5.
5.5.
6.
6 w/ sp2.

Still less than Outlook, I agree.


5.5 and 6 w/SP2 are a BIT pedantic.....


SP2 added fixes to OE, enough that I'm mildly surprised it didn't get a Dot
version change.

5.5, I'll admit, I don't know what might have changed there.
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f.h.

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There are *many* different versions of Outlook Express out
there. And a Microsoft mail migration utility would be nice.

No, only 4: Outlook Express V4 (and V3, IIRC, but who uses that any more?)
uses files with type .mbx and Outlook Express V5, V6, and "V7" (AKA Windows
Mail on Vista ) use .dbx. The files for V5, V6, and Windows Mail appear
interchangeable to me.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]