mg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One more Microsoft problems story. I finally unstuffed Outlook Express the > other day to use its features (not bad). Sure enough. At some point, all my > email, addresses, and everything else I imported to Outlook disappeared. > Has anyone else had this happen? rev b 9.2.2. Thanks! Back to Eudora.
Outlook Express 5.02 has usually been completely reliable for me with OS 9.2.2 on a QuickSilver G4, OS 9.2.1 on a Lombard G3 laptop, and an older version with OS 8.1 on a Performa 6300. This includes many copy/pastes of the Identities Folders from one Mac or hard drive or volume to another. The one exception involved making an alias of the Identities Folder work when I had it on a volume separate from the OE Folder. Once I learned how to do it, it worked fine. The Identities Folder has a Main Identity Folder within which are the Messages themselves and the Database which controls the storage of the messages. This folder may be in the OE Folder, in a Documents Folder, or even in the System Folder. In any case, if you want to check things out, start by looking at the sizes of the Database and the Messages documents. If they are larger than a nominal 4 or 16 K or something like that, then the messages are there. If so, try moving the Microsoft User Data Folder which contains the Identities Folder back into the Outlook Express Folder and see what happens. -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
