The dbx's you have copied, from the computer you wanted to keep them from. You have to from OE actually use the import function, other wise you end up the way it is now, so I found out a while back as well :) I usually just copy them to a temp folder, then from with in the OE your wanting to import them into , you go FILE / IMPORT / MESSAGES Choose the OE version that they came from, in the next thing that pops up, the go next and the next thing that comes up you select the dot box at the bottom, the one saying Import from store directory, the next thing that pops up is the browse to where the store directory is, navigate to where you put the dbx's and then next ,and by default it has import all checked. I just noticed that if they are OE 4, then that whole above process is shorter.....It only asks you to browse to where your dbx's are that you want to import. Darryl To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/