> That's odd, because in practice it works exactly as described.  If you're
> referring to the location that the rules are stored, that's covered in
> steps
> 3d - 3f.  If you're referring to the pointers within the rules that
> reference the objects within the OE data stores, that is covered in step
> 5.

> Thanks,

> Jerry S

> "Steve Cochran" <scoch...@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:8863F238-DB75-4479-AF76-16BE786D91A4@microsoft.com...
>> Your method for importing rules won't work because of the issues related
>> to the storing of the strings in the registry between OE and WinMail.
>> One also has to change those strings.

>> steve

>> "Jerry S" <notdisclo...@nada.tld> wrote in message
>> news:u8b0FGVWHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Ok, the steps may be easier to read in this post.  The formatting didn't
>>> come out quite right in my last post.

>>> Hey Tony,

>>> To completely transfer your OE mail to Windows Mail you should not only
>>> transfer your messages but your account information and rules along with
>>> your address book.  This isn't a comprehensive "Move OE to your new
>>> Vista computer" article but, I have included instructions on how to move
>>> your accounts and rules over from OE to WM in addition to the link to
>>> the website that is included that walks you through migrating your
>>> actual mail.

>>> See the website:

>>> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

>>> This site gives great information on moving your data stores from OE on
>>> one machine to WM on another and is what I used to begin my e-mail
>>> migration from my old computer to my new one.

>>> A word of warning though, ** if you have your account set to leave mail
>>> on your mail server for a period of time ** after you get your accounts
>>> setup and all of your mail has been imported you will end up downloading
>>> duplicate messages for all the items you have out on your mail server.
>>> So, if you leave copies of your messages on the mail server for 10 days
>>> you will receive duplicate messages for everything you have gotten in
>>> the last 10 days.  To prevent this you can turn this off in OE6 under
>>> Tools>Accounts>Mail>"Account Name">Properties>Advanced>Delivery and then
>>> perform a send and receive.  If you have web-mail with your ISP use that
>>> to verify that there are no messages left on your mail server.  I wasn't
>>> thinking when I did my move and had to delete about 120 messages.
>>> You'll want to verify that the duplicates are gone as I cannot easily
>>> test performing the send and receive will get rid of the messages on
>>> your server.

>>> Also, make your life a bit easier and export your account settings to
>>> .iaf files from OE and import those into WM.  You can find the button to
>>> export under Tools>Accounts>Mail.  You can import these account settings
>>> files into WM in the same location in WM.  Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail and
>>> import the files from the location you saved them to.  This will save
>>> you some time in futzing around with configuring your e-mail settings.
>>> It's also not a bad idea to export these and store them someplace safe
>>> so that in the event your computer crashes you can bring your account
>>> settings back quickly.

>>> As for inbox rules, luckily the registry format for rules is identical
>>> so you can, with a little text editing, import your rules as well.
>>> Granted to make this worthwhile you need to have enough rules that would
>>> warrant going through the following process.  I had about twenty so
>>> recreating all my rules from scratch wasn't, in my opinion, a good use
>>> of my time. I would recommend you perform the following after you have
>>> imported your mail and you address book.

>>> To import your rules:

>>> 1.  Find out what identity you're using:

>>> a.  In OE go to Tools>Options>Maintenance and click on the "Store
>>> Folder" button.

>>> b.  In the store folder button you will see a number enclosed in curly
>>> braces.  ex.

>>>            {F67B35AC-B631-46C8-88AA-6EFC5B2933A9}

>>>         This is your identity number.  I'll reference it further as
>>> <identity>

>>> 2.  Export your rules:

>>> a.  Open regedit.exe

>>> b.  In regedit, navigate to
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>>> Express\5.0\Rules

>>> (you may see "6.0\Rules", it's 5.0 on my computer and I'll reference 5.0
>>> from here on)

>>> c.  Right-click on "Mail" and select "Export"

>>> d.  Give it a name you can remember in a place on your computer you can
>>> find and click "Save".

>>> 3.  Edit your rules to import on your new computer:

>>> a.  Make a copy of the file you just saved and name it <whatever your
>>> file was called>_Import.

>>> ex.  If your computer is setup to show extensions you will see
>>> "MyMailRules.reg" rename this file to "MyMailRules_Import.reg"

>>> if you don't see extensions you will only see "MyMailRules" and once
>>> renamed "MyMailRules_Import"

>>> b.  Right-click on your new file (the one named ..._Import) and select
>>> "Edit"

>>> c.  In Notepad select "Edit>Replace"

>>> d.  In the 'Replace' dialogue copy and paste the line up to 5.0 from the
>>> first line of your ..._Import file:

>>> ex.   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\<identity>\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>>> Express\5.0

>>> into the "Find What" field.

>>> e.  Then paste the following line exactly as it's shown:

>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail into the "Replace
>>> With" field.

>>> f.  In the replace dialogue, click on "Replace All"

>>> g.  Save your file.

>>> 4.  Import the rules on your new computer:

>>> a.  Copy the ..._Import.reg file to your new computer

>>> b.  Double-click the file and when asked, "Are you sure..." answer yes.

>>> 5.  Fix the Imported rules:

>>> Because rules can reference specific locations in the mail folder
>>> structure within OE some of your rules may be pointing to locations that
>>> don't technically exist anymore.  The same can hold true for rules that
>>> referenced contacts, since you have moved to a new computer the contacts
>>> may be seen as completely new.  However, the structure of the rules is
>>> intact so, you just need to repoint to rules the folders or contacts you
>>> want them to work with. Modify each rule to match your requirements and
>>> you should be golden.