Re: Separate email accounts suddenly joined - help!
From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/17/04
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Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:35:07 -0400
Did you use WinXP's FAST wizard to transfer the data via serial cable? See
MVP Gary Woodruff's warnings about OE on this page of his:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
-- HTH - Please Reply to This Thread ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP AumHa Forums http://forum.aumha.org Protect Your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect Jenn wrote: > Yes, I have separate identities set up - everything the way it was on Win > 98 where it worked perfectly. > > I use Road Runner Cable for my ISP and both my personal and work accounts > are aliases under a master account that it not used. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "message rules" I've just set each up under > "Tools" and "accounts" and under the "Manage Identities." > > The address I can easily add to each identity, my bigger concern is the > folders full of sent/received emails for work that are now in my personal > account. I would really prefer those to be under my work account where > they should be. I'm not very computer literate, so I don't even know > where to begin assuming those "folders" for OE should be lurking around > my pc somewhere. > > I had to use a serial cable to transfer the data because the Win XP CD > wizard for whatever reason would not work to burn everything to a CD.] > > Hope this helps! > Jenn > > Are you using identities? To keep the address entries separate export the > entries from each Windows Address Book as a comma-separated values file. > It > is also possible to use vCard files. Note: there is only one Windows > Address > Book that offers different views for each identity. > > More on vCards > http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm > > Can you provide any more information on the old set-up? Are the email > accounts with one ISP where the second account is an alias (same account, > different name)? Are the personal and work messages sorted using message > rules? > > The messages on the old PC could be dragged to a Windows folder, the > folder > burned on CD, saved on the XP PC and then dragged to an OE folder. This > might help keep them separated, but I'd wait for a second opinion. > > More Information on the WAB > > NOTE: This step is very important when multiple Identities are in use. A > ..WAB (Windows Address Book) file is used by Outlook Express 5.x and 6.0 > versions, even if multiple Identities are used. The individual data for > each > Identity is stored in a folder, by user name, within the .WAB file in use. > > Exporting this data, while logged in to a specific Identity, is the only > means of segregating the Address Book data. If the .WAB file becomes > dissociated from the user Identities, the data can only be exported in > total - not folder by folder. > > Another reason to export the .WAB file to a .csv file is that if the .WAB > file is shared with Microsoft Outlook, the addresses are stored in the > *.pst > file in Outlook. When you export the file from the Outlook Express File > menu > to a *.csv file it exports the correct contacts. If the Address Book is > shared with Microsoft Outlook, you are not able to export from within the > Address Book on the File menu. This option is dimmed or not available. > > See: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270670
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