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mick - 21 Jan 2004 13:56 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to save the contents of the various
files in OE to floppy disc?
I can save a single email but if I highlight them all for
saving, the option to save is no longer available.
If they are compacted from the Folder option, what happens
to them? I thought that step would lead to a convenient
way of saving them all but I can't find it if it does.
I would be most grateful for any help on this. Thank you.

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Alan Edwards - 21 Jan 2004 14:10 GMT

Please ask in an OE group.
Pick the one for your particular version of OE.

...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, "mick"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me how to save the contents of the various
>files in OE to floppy disc?
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>way of saving them all but I can't find it if it does.
>I would be most grateful for any help on this. Thank you.

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Haggis - 21 Jan 2004 14:13 GMT

you email is stored in *.dbx files ..do a search

also search the web for "outlook express freebie backup" it will back up all
your email to a new location

> Can anyone tell me how to save the contents of the various
> files in OE to floppy disc?
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> way of saving them all but I can't find it if it does.
> I would be most grateful for any help on this. Thank you.

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mick - 22 Jan 2004 12:13 GMT

Thanks for the advice. I've found them but they are in
Exel folders and when I try to open them the message says
it can't be done. how do overcome this?
Thanks again.

>-----Original Message-----
>you email is stored in *.dbx files ..do a search
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Haggis - 22 Jan 2004 13:22 GMT

strange place for them to be...sorry the only way i know of is "save as" on
a single file (for saving as text)

as earlier suggested , you may have better luck in a different news group
dealing with OE problems

> Thanks for the advice. I've found them but they are in
> Exel folders and when I try to open them the message says
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> >.

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Jeff Richards - 22 Jan 2004 21:07 GMT

You originally said you wanted to save them, but you are now trying to open
them. Opening email folders is an entirely different proposition. Now that
you have identified the files, you can copy them to floppy or whatever. If
you want to do something else with them, you need to explain in more detail
exactly what you are trying to achieve.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> Thanks for the advice. I've found them but they are in
> Exel folders and when I try to open them the message says
> it can't be done. how do overcome this?
> Thanks again.

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mick - 23 Jan 2004 10:54 GMT

Thanks yet again for your interest in my problem.
My original move was to set up a DCC link to my old 9x
computer so as to transfer everything I needed.
But I have been unable to set it up after many attempts
and I have given up with it.
But I wanted at least to transfer my emails, so I thought
to do this via floppy disc. the reason I tried opening
them was to confirm that they would be legible when I got
them to the disc.

>-----Original Message-----
>You originally said you wanted to save them, but you are now trying to open
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Haggis - 23 Jan 2004 14:04 GMT

you could take the drive out of your old machine and put it in the new
machine(as a slave) and import your email directly

> Thanks yet again for your interest in my problem.
> My original move was to set up a DCC link to my old 9x
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