Can I move emails from Microsoft Office to Outlook Express on a new laptop?

sunni

Am just heading out now so will try that tomorrow, thanks alot for your help, you've been great

debitcardmayhem

sunni wrote: »

Am just heading out now so will try that tomorrow, thanks alot for your help, you've been great

Have :beer::beer::beer:........:beer: for me

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

mmm ok then lets try File/New/Folder call it MyOld and the location within your mail inbox
Now right click local folders select settings, the on the server line you will have a Local Directory paste the location into Notepad and save it
then put in the F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders (use the Browse Button)

Close TB and restart
this will give us the local folders on the pen drive
Copy this lot within the MyOld folder above
The return the Local Directory setting from the notpad ones above (use The Browse Button)
Close and restart TB

Sorry just getting back to you now. Ok what have I done, opened up TB that I previously installed on new laptop, created 2 new folders on it ie MyOld & Pendrive - F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders is now shown as settings on it but it doesn't seemed to have transferred the emails from the pendrive to it?

debitcardmayhem

That was a long bevvy ok what You have tried was not quite what I said

File/New/Folder call it MyOld and the location within your mail inbox OK you did that
Now right click local folders select settings, the on the server line you will have a Local Directory paste the location into Notepad and save it
then put in the F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders (use the Browse Button)

Close TB and restart

Now Should Should have a Local Folders with Pendrive stuff in it
Copy this lot within the MyOld folder above
Next
Now right click local folders select settings, the on the server line you will have a Local Directory (will of course the show Pendrive) Change that back to the one you saved above with Notepad

Close and restart TB

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

That was a long bevvy ok what You have tried was not quite what I said

File/New/Folder call it MyOld and the location within your mail inbox OK you did that
Now right click local folders select settings, the on the server line you will have a Local Directory paste the location into Notepad and save it
then put in the F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders (use the Browse Button)

Close TB and restart

Now Should Should have a Local Folders with Pendrive stuff in it
Copy this lot within the MyOld folder above
Next
Now right click local folders select settings, the on the server line you will have a Local Directory (will of course the show Pendrive) Change that back to the one you saved above with Notepad

Close and restart TB

Ok think I'm getting lost, surprise surprise lol. Ok after I close TB and restart it doesn't show any in box etc, the settings shows the F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders

debitcardmayhem

sunni wrote: »

Ok think I'm getting lost, surprise surprise lol. Ok after I close TB and restart it doesn't show any in box etc, the settings shows the F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders

Hmmm, I am confused now have you done the 1st part above and you now say there is no Inbox just Local folders?

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Hmmm, I am confused now have you done the 1st part above and you now say there is no Inbox just Local folders?

yeah thats it!

debitcardmayhem

OK go to Account settings and tell me how many accounts you have on the left hand panel

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

OK go to Account settings and tell me how many accounts you have on the left hand panel

Just the one, ie 02 email. The ones on pen drive are from a different ISP (tiscali)

debitcardmayhem

sunni wrote: »

Just the one, ie 02 email. The ones on pen drive are from a different ISP (tiscali)

But there is there not a Local Folders file too ?
There should be two like this
< O2 Mail
Server Settings
Copies and folders
Composition
.....
.....
< Local Folders
Junk Settings
Disc SPace

Outgoing Server (SMTP)