You're absolutely right and I'm sorry not to said that I am using = Microsoft Outlook Express. As to Win.rar, you have confirmed what I = thought, but, it seemed worth asking. I've got the old mails in a folder on my desktop. I see you are saying = I should be able to import, but I had a problem doing that some while = back from a similar source. I have just checked the position and it = seems so. Its the conversion to .eml format that I find not = straightforward; needs a piece of software to do it I think?. Janet ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> >I still want to be sure we're talking apples to apples. When you = right click,=20 > you have the option to use Win.rar...........that simply is a option = to=20 > compress, or uncompresss the dbx file. I don't believe it will allow = you to=20 > "read" the dbx file. You still need a separate program to do that. = What=20 > program was used to create the dbx file.....what e-mail program? Use = that=20 > program to read them.........or import the files into your current = e-mail=20 > program if it is the same that was used to create the dbx file. That = make=20 > sense to you? > Regards from >=20 > Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> 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/