merging outlook express messages

Nelson had a block of missing messages from his Outlook Express sent folder which were still on the old computer and wanted them on his new computer. Not sure why there were missing.

I found this message thread which was helpful for hints, but I couldn't make it work when I tried to exactly follow their suggestions.

Here's what I wound up doing after playing around a bit.

Found the location of the old messages and backed up the folder to an external drive. (Did this previously).

Created a new Outlook Express identity on the new computer. Called it something like Old.Messages.

Copied the old messages to the Old.Messages Outlook Express folder on the new computer overwriting any duplicate files. (Make sure it's the right folder or you might overwrite the current messages! You might want to back up the current messages first.)

Go to Outlook Express and change to the Old.Messages Identity. Rename the folder you want to import to something different than what's in the current messages Identity. (I did this for safety so as not to erase the current messages. Again, you might want to back up the current messages, just in case.)

Go to the current Identiy. And create a folder that's the same name as the one you renamed in the Old.Messages.

Go to Outlook Express and go File, Import, Messages, Microsoft Outlook Express 6. Choose the Old.Messages Identity. Click Next. Click Selected folders. Choose the folder which holds the messages you want to import.

Click Next. The messages should be imported into the current identity.

Then you can copy the messages you want in the new folder to the desired folder.

Actually I think you can import directly into the folder. Not sure if it'll overwrite the current messages or just make a duplicate if the message is already there. Duplicate I think.