>>>(except for email account settings, still have to go and look for that
one somewhere when I have the time).

Here's a tip: They're in the registry. They're huge (especially if you have
mail/news sort/filter rules turned on). They're amazingly messy and they
NEVER restore EXACTLY the same, because SOMETHING is always just a touch
different (usually the amazingly overcomplex USER ID string that looks like
a CLSID).

Another tip: if you want your old email files to "lock" to your new email
accounts, you better know the order you entered your email accounts (if you
have more than one, and many people do nowadays). I have quite a number for
administrative purposes. If I restore even ONE account out of order from how
they were added the previous time, my "old" emails from the previous
installation will be "locked" to the wrong reply addresses -- what a total
mess if you're not paying attention!

Outlook/Outlook Express, despite their inherant shortcomings due to MS being
a little soft on certain type of security, are pretty decent email/newsgroup
programs. But the way they (or at least OE) manage things like email account
and mail sorting rules leaves a LOT to be desired.

Kehvan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Klaas De Waele" <klaas(at)gracegraphics.be>
To: "'Nancy Whittley'" <NWHITTLEY(at)cinci.rr.com>;
<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 05:23
Subject: RE: OT- Email Importing


| What I did up til now was just backup the entire directory with the
Outlook
| data (in Windows - Application Data - ...) and same with the .wab address
| book.  Then when I format, I install Outlook, start it up, make sure I
| create some entry in the address book, close it down and copy the whole
| stuff that I backed up to the new system (same place).  You then rename
the
| address book to the login name of windows (Click start - you see Log out
| ..., you need the name) if this is different.  And hups, start Outlook, no
| complaints wheter, everything's there. (except for email account settings,
| still have to go and look for that one somewhere when I have the time).
| Hope this helps, hope Win2000 will work like that too.
|
| - Kayjey -

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