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

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Something wrong here
right click properties for outlook folder and post the location here
also do the same for local folders

Ok outlook folder - mailbox:///F:/ThunderbirdPortable/Data/profile/Mail/Local Folders/Outlook Mail

local folders - F:\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Mail\Local Folders

debitcardmayhem

It looks as though your O2 account has disappeared from TB except that it appears as it still appears in account settings, so go to Account Options again and selct the O2 account server settings and look at the Local Directory and post that here I cannot understand why it has disappeared.

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

It looks as though your O2 account has disappeared from TB except that it appears as it still appears in account settings, so go to Account Options again and selct the O2 account server settings and look at the Local Directory and post that here I cannot understand why it has disappeared.

ok under account settings in local directory it shows as
C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\4u6d6yd5.default\Mail\mail.o2.co.uk

debitcardmayhem

Ok thats where it should have been, cant understand why it is not appearing, but something has gone wrong. So lets try again.
Go back to local folders and right click settings change the local directory back to
C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\4u6d6yd5.default\Mail\Local Folders
Restart Tb and you shoud have the O2 account and an empty local folders (well ok maybe a Junk in there)
Then post back if that is all ok Note there is no space in Local above this site does that sometimes

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Ok thats where it should have been, cant understand why it is not appearing, but something has gone wrong. So lets try again.
Go back to local folders and right click settings change the local directory back to
C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\4u6d6yd5.default\Mail\Local Folders
Restart Tb and you shoud have the O2 account and an empty local folders (well ok maybe a Junk in there)
Then post back if that is all ok Note there is no space in Local above this site does that sometimes

Ok done that, that's me back to my 02 messages in inbox

debitcardmayhem

Ok we'll do it step by step
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
You should still have O2 in you Inbox and the pendrive stuff in Local Folders
Please confirm that is true if not I will have to go back to square one and try if with my OH's Outlook and a Pendrive.

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Ok we'll do it step by step
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
You should still have O2 in you Inbox and the pendrive stuff in Local Folders
Please confirm that is true if not I will have to go back to square one and try if with my OH's Outlook and a Pendrive.

Ok when I do that I don't have 02 emails in Inbox, just old emails from pendrive under local folders?

debitcardmayhem

Can you try this for me then because I am very confused now select help and migration assistant which will open on a new tab select use all folders mode then go to first tab and see if you have a O2 account and a Local Folders in the left pane.

sunni

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Can you try this for me then because I am very confused now select help and migration assistant which will open on a new tab select use all folders mode then go to first tab and see if you have a O2 account and a Local Folders in the left pane.

ok the left pane just shows 'local folders'......... i was getting my 02 emails in tb so im confused lol, but after doing this it just shows 'local folders' on left pane

debitcardmayhem

I too am confused, I need to test all of this out using an outlook account If I can get hold of one, with my pen drive. I need to go out for now but I will get back too you soon I hope, this is driving me nuts
Do you know how to put screen shots on here ? If not no problems but I will try again when I get back .Sorry about this