import mail from XP (old computer) to vista mail (new computer)

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Is this possible? I have tried 'windows easy transfer', but allthough it
indicated this could be done, I could not find a way. Ideally I would like to
be able to use one computer as an 'email receiver' and be able to import
newer emails into the second computer when desired. I would settle for the
ability to import just once!
Anybody know how to do this?
 
ron.otis said:
Is this possible? I have tried 'windows easy transfer', but allthough it
indicated this could be done, I could not find a way. Ideally I would like
to
be able to use one computer as an 'email receiver' and be able to import
newer emails into the second computer when desired. I would settle for the
ability to import just once!
Anybody know how to do this?
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Yeah, it's called Export from the old to a CD or DVD and Import to the New
using the CD or DVD. It's File/Import and Export on both client email
solutions.
 
Thank you for your reply, but I am not getting those options for
import/export. On the XP (outlook) box, I can export to a file, but on the
vista box (windows mail) when trying to import from outlook, it does not
offer import from a file, it just gives 'an error has occured' message,
'Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client.'
My system was equipped with a trial microsoft office package, and I thought
maybe it is trying to import directly from outlook on this machine. Since I
do not need office on this machine I uninstalled it, hoping that I would then
be able to import from a file. No joy.
 
ron.otis said:
Thank you for your reply, but I am not getting those options for
import/export. On the XP (outlook) box, I can export to a file, but on the
vista box (windows mail) when trying to import from outlook, it does not
offer import from a file, it just gives 'an error has occured' message,
'Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client.'
My system was equipped with a trial microsoft office package, and I
thought
maybe it is trying to import directly from outlook on this machine. Since
I
do not need office on this machine I uninstalled it, hoping that I would
then
be able to import from a file. No joy.
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Outlook Express, which Windows Mail is the brother to it, are the same email
client applications with more bells and whittles on WM, as far as I am
concerned.'

Don't hold me to it, but I think when you uninstalled MS Office off of the
machine, that broke WM's Import for Outlook messages, which is being
explained in the link below about *OE's 'Messages cannot be imported from
the MAPI client'.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179637

You can always download the MS Office 2007 trail version and install it to
get Outlook back on the machine to see if that will solve the problem.

I could be wrong, because I have never exported and imported message. I have
done it with Favorites, but I don't see why you couldn't point to the file
location to import.
 
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