Re: Local Files on AOL Communicator to Outlook Express 6

Don't really know since it's been more than 10 years since I wasted my time with anything that AOL puts out. If you're unable to copy the .sbd folder to your hard drive, then I guess your only alternative might be to do them one at a time. I thought you earlier posted that you had them stored as ..eml files. which can be simply dragged and dropped into a local mail folder in Outlook Express.

For some help with AOL mail problems, the best I can suggest is to look at Adam Bailey's website:
Unofficial AOL Email FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/
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"STLennon" <stlennon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eZaTs6kXFHA.796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry to be dense ... I have all these files stored in a folder called
"local" in my AOL Communicator Application Data. In that file are folders
with an .sbd suffix. When I open the folders, choosing Internet Explorer, I
get individual files all together as text files with the detail below .... If I try to
drag and drop this file into a local Outlook folder, only the first message
gets copied. If I "select all" and drag and drop, a send email window is
opened, and all of the emails, with this kind of detail, is in it. What am I
doing wrong? Or, do I need to open and save each individual email, and then drop them into the local OE folders I create? Which brings me to another question -- where are the local folders stored for OE? Would it be possible to drop my .sbd folders into an OE directory on my hard drive?

THANK YOU again for your help. Susan


"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ed2ZwUaXFHA.2420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sure. Once you copy all the eml files to a local folder on your hard drive, open that folder using Windows Explorer, click in the window side with the files, then press Ctrl+A to highlight all of them, then drag/drop them into a local mail folder (but please don't use the Inbox for this).
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"STLennon" <stlennon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xlQZLaXFHA.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi, Jim, thank you,
I found that site at one point in my searching, but it doesn't really help ... I literally have over ten thousand saved, sorted emails in this multitude of local folders and sub-folders, so the thought of re-creating even the folders, never mind one-by-one dropping in individual emails makes me throw up my hands ;) But AOL Communicator is such an inferior program ... now that I know I can use Outlook for my SBC mail as well as AOL -- I want to switch.
At another point, when AOL Communicator stopped importing my SBC mail, I went thru a bunch of fruitless tech calls, and then tried using Microsoft Outlook 2003. What a nightmare. But during that time, I swear I found a web reference that talked about dragging and dropping AOL Local Files into Outlook Express .... Does it ring a bell??? I mean, it could have been done en masse.

Thanks again, and if anyone has ideas -- please share.
S. Lennon


"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OFY5A4YXFHA.1148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
See if this offers any help. If not, you can always copy the eml files to a local folder on your hard drive, then open Outlook Express, create a user created mail folder and drag/drop the eml files from the folder on your hard drive to the local mail folder you created.

AOL Help : How do I use Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to read and send AOL e-mail?:
http://help.channels.aol.com/article.adp?catId=1&sCId=416&sSCId=4093&articleId=217453
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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. Thanks.



"STLennon" <stlennon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eFpoWhYXFHA.320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm a new convert to Outlook Express. I have thousands of emails sorted and filed in "local folders" on AOL Communicator. I know how to turn it into a Zip file -- but is there a way I can install/download [sorry for lack of technical terms!] those folders, the emails of which have the .eml suffix, into my Outlook Express? If there is, I will be in heaven! :) Thanks in advance.








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