[bksvol-discuss] Re: Got into my old hard drive.
- From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:43:03 -0600
Hi Roger.
I think you have to have exported your mail from outlook express before you
can import it into thunderbird.
It's been a long time since I've done that sort of thing, but that's what I
seem to remember.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:08 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Got into my old hard drive.
I have just been trying to import them using my current email program
and I failed. I suppose I don't quite know what I am doing. I checked
the Thunderbird help, but it doesn't seem to address Outlook Express.
On 11/29/2011 8:03 AM, Evan Reese wrote:
> Those Outlook Express emails are .dbx files. The folders that contain
> them are buried pretty deeply in the directory structure, and they
> have long names with lots of letters and numbers in them. I used to
> know more details about that, but I haven't had an XP system for over
> three years. I think a little Googling will show where they can be
> found and how they can be retrieved manually, but if you can import
> them using your current email program, that will certainly be easier.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey"
> <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:34 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Got into my old hard drive.
>
>
>> I managed to get into my old hard drive this evening. Thank you again
>> Mike for the hard drive enclosure. It arrived today. I was able to
>> recover the book I was working on. At least I think I recovered it.
>> As of yet I am unable to open it. I will be working on getting Open
>> Book 9 and I hope I will be able to open it then. I don't seem to be
>> able to find my emails though. After poking around for some time I
>> did find what seems to be a folder labeled with the same label name I
>> used in Outlook Express where they should be, but I am unable to open
>> that either. When I try it mentions something about being a backup
>> folder and wants me to check on line for a program that will open it.
>> I am not sure that it is even the folder I want because it is called
>> a backup folder. I thought I would be able to just open it and read
>> my stored emails. I expected not to be able to read the scanned books
>> I had because they are all in ark format and I suppose I will need a
>> working copy of Open Book to read those, but I don't know what the
>> problem with the emails might be. Does anyone have any ideas?
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