Re: How do I get Vista WinMail folders into OE?

[Bruce Hagen]

Can you access the individual messages? They are .eml files and can be
dragged into an OE local folder.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Jim McCants" <jcmc...@lowcountry.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know if this is the correct forum for this or not - but here goes.
>
> I had to reformat and decided to go back to XP Pro, exported my Windows
> Mail folders and forgot to export in Outlook Express format. They are all
> on my data drive as winmail.fol. I've searched the web till I'm exhausted
> to find a way to import the folders into Outlook Express with no luck. I
> have hundreds of saved emails in these folder and some are extremely
> important to me.
>
> I saved my contacts with no problem and have imported them correctly.
>
> Does anyone on this forum know how to import the .fol folders into OE?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Jim McCants
>
>
>

[Jim McCants]

Yes, Bruce, they were saved as WinMail folders. I just looked at I see many
.eml files. I'll drag them over and see what happens. -- Only the Inbox
files were in .eml format. All my local folders (by subject) on has one file
in each folder - and that is winmail.fol showing 1kb file size.

How do I convert the winmail.fol back into OE readable files? That's my big
concern now, as those are some important emails that I really need.

Thanks very much for your help!
Jim

[Bruce Hagen]

Perhaps the experts in the Windows Mail group can help you better. Many of
us, myself included, have never used Windows Mail.

Windows Vista Mail Newsgroup.

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Jim McCants" <jcmc...@lowcountry.com> wrote in message

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[Jim McCants]

I was able to drag all of the .eml files into my Inbox folder and they work.
All my local folders (by subject) were backed up to my data drive. Each
folder has only one file in it - winmail.fol. How do I get those converted
over into OE?

Sorry for the lousy typing in the previous response. Maybe this will clarify
what has happened.

Again, thanks!
Jim

"Jim McCants" <jcmc...@lowcountry.com> wrote in message

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[Jim McCants]

Bruce, thanks, I've already posted in the Vista WindowsMail section and have
received no replies.
Jim

"Bruce Hagen" <Nos...@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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[Ron Sommer]

Explain how your files got to your data drive.
In your original post, you said the folders were exported. Now, you are
saying backed up.
Winmail.fol is a Windows Mail file and does not contain any email messages.
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Ronald Sommer

"Jim McCants" <jcmc...@lowcountry.com> wrote in message

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[Jim McCants]

Ron, I exported, i.e. backed up my windowsmail folders while running Vista.
Reformated my drive and installed XP Pro. Backed up and exported are the
SAME!
Jim
"Ron Sommer" <rso...@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
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[Jim McCants]

Bruce, I've been able to get just about all of the emails over into OE.
Whenever I would click on the backed up folders - there would be the .eml
files. They were not there last night!! Drug them over into the appropriate
folders in OE and viola! Gott'em back!

Thank you very much for the suggestion.

[Bruce Hagen]

You're welcome.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Jim McCants" <jcmc...@lowcountry.com> wrote in message

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