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Outlook Express transfer to Vista
From: "Jerry S" <notdisclo...@nada.tld>
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Subject: Re: Outlook Express transfer to Vista
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:08:19 -0600
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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
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> 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
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>> Ok, the steps may be easier to read in this post. The formatting didn't
>> come out quite right in my last post.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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