Re: OE 6 - Transferring mail from lost log on?



<szeik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1112454439.345900.32260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I recently lost my logon for a Windows 2000 machine due to a change I
> made in the network settings and I ended up installing another parallel
> copy of Windows 2000 on a different drive just so I could reset the
> admin password on my original installation so I can at least log onto
> it. So my old O.S is on D drive and I can boot up off it as
> administator but I can't see any of my old emails because I lost my old
> logon.
>
> I never backed up the the old emails but they must be around somewhere
> since the only thing that I lost was the log on. Everything on the D
> drive is still intact so those old emails must be there somewhere.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get at them?
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Steve
>


Search for Inbox.dbx and when you locate it, use import to get them into
OE.

File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an
OE6 store directory | Press BROWSE then navigate to the folder you found the
old DBX files, select it then press OK
Finish up the import.



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