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Mark <polyad.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am a Comcast Cable user with a stand-alone Outlook Express Mail Program.
> I'm switching over to OS 10.2 from 9.2 but each time I try to use Outlook
> Express I can't get all my 9.2 Outlook Express folders to appear. How can I
> export this information from 9.2 to appear in OS 10.2 ? Do I have to go back
> to the old System Folder and manually move something? I've tried to use the
> export function in the file menu of Outlook Express but that doesn't work.
> I've tried to use the 9.2 Outlook program but even though the Classic system
> comes up, it doesn't have my original Outlook Express program with my
> folders. It seems like it wants to start a new identity.
First of all, there is no OS X 10.2 version of Outlook Express.
Microsoft never developed one. So, when you double-click on any Outlook
Express icons within an OS X 10.2 installation, you're actually calling
the Outlook Express application that's installed in the folder
"Applications (Mac OS 9)".
Next, Outlook Express stores its user data (mail and folders) in the OS
9 Documents/Microsoft User Data/Identities hierarchy. That's the
location that is accessed when starting Outlook Express in OS 9. When
you use Outlook Express in OS X, the default location for the user data
is [in your Home directory]/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Identities
hierarchy.
You can copy the user data folders from the OS 9 location to the OS X
location, which should alleviate your problem. I'm not sure if putting
Mac aliases to the original OS 9 identities within the OS X storage
location would work; it might be something worth trying.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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