Re: Copying over e-mail messages

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Syke wrote:
Using Win XP and a Netgear DG834 router, I have a wireless network
set up with my desktop and a laptop. All e-mail messages come to
both machines, one copy each, which works fine as far as it goes. This, of course, only works for incoming messages, so "Sent" messages
only appear on the machine they were sent on. I would like to get
these, and others, on both machines. I know I can do a backup of
Outlook Express, but would this not duplicate a lot of messages,
requiring extensive deleting and editing?

Regards and thanks in advance


Pat Macguire

If sent messages only appear on the machine they were sent on, then they wouldn't be duplicates?!!
What I would do is....on both machines, re-name your Sent Items folder to Sent Items Desktop or Laptop depending on which machine you are on. Burn this folder to a CD or other removeable media. Then on the Laptop, copy the Sent Items Desktop from the CD to your hard drive and remove the "read only" attribute. Then open OE and create a folder with the exact same name as the folder you just copied. Open this folder in OE once and close OE. (You MUST do the previous step or the instructions won't work.) Then in Windows Explorer move the folder your created to OE. It will ask if you want to overwrite, say yes. Open OE. Your sent items form the Desktop will now be on your Laptop. You can then move the mail to wherever you prefer. repeat the process for the Desktop.

Hope this helps.
--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)


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