Re: Import OE6 messages into OE5?

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From: "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:01:15 -0500

The files are the same, so yes.
Move the dbx files to the Win 95 machine.
Make sure the files are not marked Read Only.
In OE, File, Import, Messages, OE5, Store directory, point to the files that
you moved.
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Ron Sommer

"Martyn Tindall" <martyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:44fde568.756107@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Is it feasible to import a message store created in OE6 (WinXP) into
: OE5 (Win95)? This would just be a stopgap pending purchase of a new
: PC.
:
: TIA,
:
:
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: Martyn Tindall
: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
:
: (To reply, please remove "spamfree.".)

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