exporting email from outlook express to outlook

[Jim]

What is the exact sequence of steps required to take
inboxes, sent items, etc., from an outlook express 6
system, and import them on another comuputer using outlook
xp (2002)?

Noting I seem to try works.

"Help" is USELESS!

Any information would be appreciated.

 

[Roady]

In Outlook Express choose File-> Export-> Messages

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[Jim]

Doesn't work. Nothing seems to happen. Click okay and
the dialog seems to end. Back to O/E.

Nothing is saved, no chance to specify location, can't
get data to NEW machine.

The goal is to xfer mail to a new machine running outlook
and it's not working. I'm really flumoxed here.

Using Outlook to import the raw files across the network
gets a dialog box that they can't be opened.

 

[Roady]

Correct, you can't do this in one step.

Either on old machine export from OE to Outlook on one machine and then
trasfer the pst-file
or
Transfer the dbx-files to the new machine and configure OE with them and
export to Outlook

I would go for option one.

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