It has been a while for me, but I remember the last time I use outlook express, I didn't go through the conversion process as everything is in the Microsoft User Data folder. I just remove the express executable, install the new one and let it pick up where it left off.
Like I said, it has been a while... Sherman On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:49:50 -0400, Don Hinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to help a friend who has an old iMac, running pre-OSX: maybe > even 8.x. > She knows zilch. > She was getting "lots" of spam in her Outlook express account and > wanted to set up the spam filters Micros**t was offering. She was on > version 4.6 and needed to update to 5.6 (approx. version numbers since > I'm no longer in her house to write this). > I downloaded and installed the update. Started it and it asked which > account to set up: there were 3 listed: one "Main User", one her > daughter's name and one in her name. I selected the latter and let it > convert. BUT, it contained next to no emails, certainly not the one > from Microsoft that offered to set up spam filters, and in fact nothing > later than Y2000. I killed it, trashed OE and started another one from > the downloaded .bin file. Started it and selected, this time, the > daughter's name as user. Same story, slightly different contents, but > nothing recent. Trashed, reloaded another new version, started it as > Main User and...same dumb story. > > I've gone through this routine several times and I can't figure out > what else to do? Unfortunately, once I started the new version, the old > version had forgotten its settings and again asked me to select as User > from those 3. Again, none of them work. > > Is this something simple (I hope) that I'm overlooking or is my friend > shafted, or...any other options? > > thanks. > > -donald henry hinkle > > "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
