Importing Outlook Express (w98) mails to thunderbird on new XP machine

cormie

Hi,
I've just been setting up somebodies new laptop with XP for them and they want their outlook emails kept so I'd like to be able to import them to thunderbird. I'll be taking the emails from their old Windows 98 laptop.

Has anyone done this before and is it possible?

Any feedback appreciated

ntlbell

cormie wrote: »

Any feedback appreciated

Yeah, use google.

here

cormie

Thanks, but is this still the same if you want to import to Thunderbird on the new machine and not OE? I'll try in a few mins anyway, waiting for USB 1 transfer to finish from the old machine. Zzzz

ntlbell

Ah, I was a tad lazy there.

I thought it went through the Thunderbird bit.

once there on the new machine do an import in thunderbird it should give an option for outlook.

It's been a long time.

ntlbell

try this

cormie

Thanks for the help, I imported the mails direct to thunderbird by backing up the "identities" folder from outlook express on W98, it's stored somewhere like C>Windows>Local Settings>Application Data>, I forget exactly but I just backed this folder up and put it on the new system and went to import the mail and chose this directory and it worked:)

ntlbell

would it not import directly from the message store?

cormie

Not sure what the message store is?

I used the "import" function anyway and just chose mail>outlook express and then I just browsed to the file I think.

I forget now:o