Transfer Outlook express data from XP to a Windows 8 computer

I have passed down my unused computers to a friend with
limited financial resources.

He has been using one of my XP computer for over 6 years and
has been very happy with it..

Some bad things happened to his XP computer. He called me in distress!

With some arm twisting I made him purchase a semi-assembled Intel Pentium
G3220 3.0GHz, 4GB computer. I had one tetrabyte hard disk collecting dust
which I installed. Purchased system builders 8.1

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

Install thunderbird on his XP computer.

Import everything from Outlook express.


Copy the thunderbird folder from documents and settings to an external drive.

Now connect this drive to the Win 8.1 system

DO NOT install thunderbird on 8.1 until a later stage.

Copy the thunderbird folder to C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming

(Jay is my friends name)

Now install Thuderbird.

The outlook imported folders will be in the folders list.

POP account worked fine. I had make some changes to the SMTP entries

He uses primus.

HS

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:13:41 -0500, HS wrote:

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

So everything went fine and now you want a pat on the back? ;-)

--
s|b

HS wrote:

I have passed down my unused computers to a friend with
limited financial resources.

He has been using one of my XP computer for over 6 years and
has been very happy with it..

Some bad things happened to his XP computer. He called me in distress!

With some arm twisting I made him purchase a semi-assembled Intel Pentium
G3220 3.0GHz, 4GB computer. I had one tetrabyte hard disk collecting dust
which I installed. Purchased system builders 8.1

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

Install thunderbird on his XP computer.

Import everything from Outlook express.

Copy the thunderbird folder from documents and settings to an external drive.

Now connect this drive to the Win 8.1 system

DO NOT install thunderbird on 8.1 until a later stage.

Copy the thunderbird folder to C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming

(Jay is my friends name)

Now install Thuderbird.

The outlook imported folders will be in the folders list.

POP account worked fine. I had make some changes to the SMTP entries

He uses primus.

HS

Was there a question in there somewhere?

Why give up Outlook Express?

https://sites.google.com/site/simple...look-express-6

Run email through a separate spam filter program before opening OE6.
Use text for receiving and sending for security. After installing
search the registry for "Message Read HTML" and change it to 0 to read
in plain text.
--
Bill

Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

HS wrote:
I have passed down my unused computers to a friend with
limited financial resources.

He has been using one of my XP computer for over 6 years and
has been very happy with it..

Some bad things happened to his XP computer. He called me in distress!

With some arm twisting I made him purchase a semi-assembled Intel
Pentium G3220 3.0GHz, 4GB computer. I had one tetrabyte hard disk
collecting dust which I installed. Purchased system builders 8.1

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win
8 system

Install thunderbird on his XP computer.

Import everything from Outlook express.


Copy the thunderbird folder from documents and settings to an
external drive.
Now connect this drive to the Win 8.1 system

DO NOT install thunderbird on 8.1 until a later stage.

Copy the thunderbird folder to C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming

(Jay is my friends name)

Now install Thuderbird.

The outlook imported folders will be in the folders list.

POP account worked fine. I had make some changes to the SMTP entries

He uses primus.

HS

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:13:41 -0500, HS wrote:

I have passed down my unused computers to a friend with
limited financial resources.

He has been using one of my XP computer for over 6 years and
has been very happy with it..

Some bad things happened to his XP computer. He called me in distress!

With some arm twisting I made him purchase a semi-assembled Intel Pentium
G3220 3.0GHz, 4GB computer. I had one tetrabyte hard disk collecting dust
which I installed. Purchased system builders 8.1

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

Install thunderbird on his XP computer.

Import everything from Outlook express.

Copy the thunderbird folder from documents and settings to an external drive.

Now connect this drive to the Win 8.1 system

DO NOT install thunderbird on 8.1 until a later stage.

Copy the thunderbird folder to C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming

(Jay is my friends name)

Now install Thuderbird.

The outlook imported folders will be in the folders list.

POP account worked fine. I had make some changes to the SMTP entries

He uses primus.

HS

A tetrabyte hard disk? That has to be the smallest storage device I ever
heard of!

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

s|b wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:13:41 -0500, HS wrote:

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

So everything went fine and now you want a pat on the back? ;-)


My friend gave a pat on the back :-)

Here is a more complex answer

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...f=28&t=2065217

Just replace windows 7 and windows 8 and I bet there are many
others in the same situation.

Transferring profile is tricky

Just copy the thuderbird folder from the xp folder to in roaming folder
of win 7 or 8 new computer and do a fesh install of thunderbird.

HS

In message , HS
writes


s|b wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:13:41 -0500, HS wrote:

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

So everything went fine and now you want a pat on the back? ;-)


My friend gave a pat on the back :-)

Here is a more complex answer

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...f=28&t=2065217

Just replace windows 7 and windows 8 and I bet there are many
others in the same situation.

Transferring profile is tricky

Just copy the thuderbird folder from the xp folder to in roaming folder
of win 7 or 8 new computer and do a fesh install of thunderbird.

HS

MozBackup is the 'brainless' way of transferring Thunderbird.
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/




--
Ian

Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , HS
writes


s|b wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:13:41 -0500, HS wrote:

This is what I did to get the email contacts and folders into the Win 8
system

So everything went fine and now you want a pat on the back? ;-)


My friend gave a pat on the back :-)

Here is a more complex answer

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...f=28&t=2065217

Just replace windows 7 and windows 8 and I bet there are many
others in the same situation.

Transferring profile is tricky

Just copy the thuderbird folder from the xp folder to in roaming folder
of win 7 or 8 new computer and do a fesh install of thunderbird.

HS

MozBackup is the 'brainless' way of transferring Thunderbird.
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/


Thanks.

HS