Both computers have Windows Vista. I transferred other files but I didn't see a location to transfer the mail messages using Windows Easy Transfer. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like to transfer inbox, outbox, and sent items. Thank you, dukey

"dukey"

You can copy over the entire contents of the store dir.

"dukey"

1) Create a folder in Explorer and name it C:\Old Mail
2) Copy ALL the dbx fles from OE6 to the C:\Old Mail folder on the Vista machine. Be sure to include the Folders.dbx file, it is required...................
3) File | Import | Messages 4) Select Microsoft Outlook Express 6 5) Press NEXT 6) Import mail from an OE6 store directory should be selected. 7) Press OK 8) Press BROWSE
Now, when you press the Browse button, Explorer will open. There are three window panes. The two on the left are the ones we are interested in and then only the one named FOLDERS is one we want to look thru, it's the one with the scrollbar.
At the top next to the forward and back buttons (two round buttons with arrows) you should see an icon then your username and next to each of those is a small triangle.
On the triangle to the right of the icon, click on it and select Computer Now, you should see the hard drive and the CD drives. double click on the C drive icon. Probably named Local Disk (C:)
**** Now, in the right windows pane, you should see the Old Mail folder you created and put the dbx files. Double click on it to open it.
Ok, in the left windows pane, there should be some light highlighting for the Old Mail folder to show it as selected.
At the bottom there is a line named Folder and probably shows Old Mail listed there.
Delete the text Old Mail from the Folder line and then press the Select Folder button on the bottonmright. Yes it should be empty.
When you select the Select Folder button, you are taken back to the browse location and it should read C:\Old Mail
If it reads C:\Old Mail\Old Mail, go back and repeat the steps on the folder select (just below the **** above.
If it does read C:\Old Mail then you are ready to finish the import. Press NEXT and finish the import.

Copy the Local Files folder under the Windows Mail folder to the Documents folder on the other computer. Make sure the files are not Read Only. Use Windows Mail's File | Import.
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM fjsmjs.com
"dukey"

Hi, Dukey.
You say BOTH computers are running Vista. Then it should be a fairly simple transfer operation, almost a standard Copy. The only question is the media you will use to move the files: floppy? CD-RW? USB thumb drive? Or even a direct-connect cable that will let you copy the files directly from one computer to the other?
Since you are using Windows Easy Transfer, perhaps all you need is the destination folder name. To find that on each computer, start Windows Mail. Then click Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | Store Folder, to see where your messages are stored in the old computer, and where WM will expect to see them in the new computer.
If you plan to use transfer media, such as a USB thumb drive, then exit WM on the new computer after noting the full path to the folder. Then, in the old computer's WM, click File | Export | Messages; in the next screen, select Microsoft Windows Mail and click Next. Then Browse to the folder you will use to make the transfer. Insert the thumb drive in the new computer and Import the messages, using the WM 7 format, and browsing to the folder on your transfer media.
The main difference between OE6 and WM is the database format. OE6 stored all the messages in a few .dbx files, including the crucial Folders.dbx file. WM stores each message in its own .eml file and uses some "overhead" structure files to keep track of them. Since you are transferring from WM to WM, a simple Copy from the old computer to the new Store Folder MIGHT work. But I think you should use the Export and Import steps, to let the new WM build its structure and organize the imported messages.
Do you really want to transfer the Outbox? This really should be empty, shouldn't it? And WM on the new computer will have already created an Outbox for new outgoing messages.
RC R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)
"dukey"

See oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm My OEX program (oehelp.com/OEX/) makes it very easy as well. You just point at a folder across a network to import it.
steve
"dukey"