Re: How to import iaf files into outlook express 6.0

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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Repost:
>> Did you remove the Read Only attribute the IAF might have before
>> attempting
>> to import it?

Was the same account already configured in OE (i.e., before you attempted to
import the IAF file)?

Is the identity into which you tried to import the IAF file named "Main
Identity" (cf. OE File | Identities | Manage identities)?

Can you import the IAF file in a newly created identity (OE File |
Identities | Add new identity)?
--
~PA Bear

charyo wrote:
> The error was" The import did not complete because an error occurred.
<snip>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>> When I use the
>>> import function in OE 6.0 (Tools->accounts->Import), it won't let me
>>> import
>>> any account settings.
>>
>> What happens when you try to import the IAF file? If you get an error
>> message, post it verbatim.
>>
>> Did you remove the Read Only attribute the IAF might have before
>> attempting
>> to import it?
>> --
>> OE-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>
>>> I have windows xp pro and vista on my computer. I find I like OE 6.0 on
>>> my
>>> xp pro to be much faster than windows mail, and I need to switch to
>>> windows
>>> mail. Unfortunately, i have several accounts on windows mail, and I have
>>> forgotten their passwords. So I exported each account in windows mail,
>>> and
>>> have saved the internet account settings (in *.iaf files). When I use
>>> the
>>> import function in OE 6.0 (Tools->accounts->Import), it won't let me
>>> import
>>> any account settings. I don't remember the passwords of a few of those
>>> accounts (which currently work with windows mail), but I need to create
>>> such
>>> accounts in OE 6.0. Is there a way I can migrate account settings in
>>> windows mail to OE 6.0?

[charyo]

>
> Repost:
> >> Did you remove the Read Only attribute the IAF might have before
> >> attempting
> >> to import it?

Yes. In fact, it was already unselected.

>
> Was the same account already configured in OE (i.e., before you attempted to
> import the IAF file)?
>

No.

> Is the identity into which you tried to import the IAF file named "Main
> Identity" (cf. OE File | Identities | Manage identities)?
>

Yes

> Can you import the IAF file in a newly created identity (OE File |
> Identities | Add new identity)?
> --

I tried doing that but I still got the same error. It could be that IAF
files geenerated by Windows Mail are not compatible with IAF files in OE.