Windows mail export problem

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xoggoth replied

18 December 2008, 22:42
Cheers. The missing directories were all there, it had just tucked them away under inbox for some reason did not show as there in mail.
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PAH replied

15 December 2008, 18:02
IIRC it's all been simplified in that all the emails are now stored as seperate text files buried beneath your user profile directory.

So need to export if you intend still using Windows Mail, just find the folder, back it up, and delete away!
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xoggoth started a topic Windows mail export problem

15 December 2008, 15:01
Windows mail export problem

Windows Mail (Vista) is slow due to loads of messages. I would like to back up my email files and then delete what I don't immediately need but export does not work properly, it exports some directories but not others.

Looking in the hidden folders it appears to be exporting what it has there so where on earth is it storing the others that I can see in Mail? Compressed possibly (in WindowsMail.MSMessageStore ?) but why ain't it exporting these?

It also reports I have multiple identities but when I go through the wizard it changes its mind and says they have already been imported. Can't find my phantom directories in other user accounts either.

Anyone any clues? Cheers.

PS Found you can export the files but not whole directories by copying from mail to explorer but if anyone has easier solution?

Last edited by xoggoth; 15 December 2008, 15:09.
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