Live Mail Trashes Folder Names!

[FiOS-Dave]

For many years, I have been using underscores before a group name in order
to
change the sort order to the way I like, i.e., If I need a temporary group
to hold bad addresses,
I may create a folder called "_______Bad Addresses."
I use the number of underscores to control the position in the list.
Unfortunately, when I try to import these into Live Mail, it screws up the
group names!
Since I have around 30-40 group names, it would be a pain to have to remove
all the underscores (and lose the sort order!)
Is there any other way for Live Mail to import these without screwing up
and/or
truncating the names?

Many thanks,
Dave

[Speaking in silver[_2_]]

"FiOS-Dave" > escribió
> For many years, I have been using underscores before a group name in order
> to
> change the sort order to the way I like, i.e., If I need a temporary group
> to hold bad addresses,
> I may create a folder called "_______Bad Addresses."
> I use the number of underscores to control the position in the list.
> Unfortunately, when I try to import these into Live Mail, it screws up the
> group names!
> Since I have around 30-40 group names, it would be a pain to have to
> remove
> all the underscores (and lose the sort order!)
> Is there any other way for Live Mail to import these without screwing up
> and/or
> truncating the names?
>
> Many thanks,
> Dave

Why use Live Mail?
I'm working with Winmail here, no problems at all.

[MJMIII[_2_]]

"Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
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> "FiOS-Dave" > escribió
>> For many years, I have been using underscores before a group name in
>> order to
>> change the sort order to the way I like, i.e., If I need a temporary
>> group to hold bad addresses,
>> I may create a folder called "_______Bad Addresses."
>> I use the number of underscores to control the position in the list.
>> Unfortunately, when I try to import these into Live Mail, it screws up
>> the group names!
>> Since I have around 30-40 group names, it would be a pain to have to
>> remove
>> all the underscores (and lose the sort order!)
>> Is there any other way for Live Mail to import these without screwing up
>> and/or
>> truncating the names?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Dave
>
> Why use Live Mail?
> I'm working with Winmail here, no problems at all.

How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?

[Speaking in silver[_2_]]

"MJMIII" > WROTE
> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/

[MJMIII[_2_]]

"Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
...
> "MJMIII" > WROTE
>> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?
>
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/

Too dangerous to mess with.

[Chris Sidener[_2_]]

"MJMIII" > wrote in message
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> "Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "MJMIII" > WROTE
>>> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?
>>
>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/
>
> Too dangerous to mess with.

Worked flawlessly for me for over a year... YMMV

Chris

[Speaking in silver[_2_]]

"MJMIII" > escribió
> "Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
>> "MJMIII" > WROTE
>>> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?
>>
>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/
>
> Too dangerous to mess with.

Not at all.
Very easy to do and it works like a charm.
It kept all my contacts, newsgroups settings and old mails too.

However, if you're happy with WLM, just go ahead.

About your question, you can use Everything:
http://www.voidtools.com/
(or bad software: Windows Search, if you prefer)

to find out where your underscored filenames are being kept by WLM, then
mass-rename them with this tool:
http://www.albert.nu/default.asp?sub=programs/default.asp?sub=renamer/main.htm
or any Microsoft tool for that purpose, if available.

I hope it helps.

[FiOS-Dave]

"MJMIII" > wrote in message
...
> "Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "FiOS-Dave" > escribió
>>> For many years, I have been using underscores before a group name in
>>> order to
>>> change the sort order to the way I like, i.e., If I need a temporary
>>> group to hold bad addresses,
>>> I may create a folder called "_______Bad Addresses."
>>> I use the number of underscores to control the position in the list.
>>> Unfortunately, when I try to import these into Live Mail, it screws up
>>> the group names!
>>> Since I have around 30-40 group names, it would be a pain to have to
>>> remove
>>> all the underscores (and lose the sort order!)
>>> Is there any other way for Live Mail to import these without screwing up
>>> and/or
>>> truncating the names?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Dave
>>
>> Why use Live Mail?
>> I'm working with Winmail here, no problems at all.
>
> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?

I'm using Live Mail because I thought it would handle my
old OE6 data correctly. If there is another mail handler that
solves my initial problem, I may switch.
Dave

[FiOS-Dave]

Might do that, however, it might just be easier to remove
all the underscores!

Dave

"Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
...
> "MJMIII" > WROTE
>> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?
>
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/

[FiOS-Dave]

Will give it a try, as long as the folder names are not
imbedded within the other files!

Dave

"Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
...
> "MJMIII" > escribió
>> "Speaking in silver" > wrote in message
>>> "MJMIII" > WROTE
>>>> How are you using Windows Mail in Windows 7?
>>>
>>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/
>>
>> Too dangerous to mess with.
>
> Not at all.
> Very easy to do and it works like a charm.
> It kept all my contacts, newsgroups settings and old mails too.
>
> However, if you're happy with WLM, just go ahead.
>
> About your question, you can use Everything:
> http://www.voidtools.com/
> (or bad software: Windows Search, if you prefer)
>
> to find out where your underscored filenames are being kept by WLM, then
> mass-rename them with this tool:
> http://www.albert.nu/default.asp?sub=programs/default.asp?sub=renamer/main.htm
> or any Microsoft tool for that purpose, if available.
>
> I hope it helps.