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How to synchronize Windows Mail WindowsMail on two computers
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Can any expert tell me how I can go about synchronizing my Windows Mail (also known as WM or WindowsMail) messages on 2 computers. In Outlook Express, this was possible by just copying the *.dbx files from one computer to the other. How is this accomplished in Windows Mail on Vista?
Thanks in advance.
Can any expert tell me how I can go about synchronizing my Windows Mail (also known as WM or WindowsMail) messages on 2 computers. In Outlook Express, this was possible by just copying the *.dbx files from one computer to the other. How is this accomplished in Windows Mail on Vista?
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks fishadr - your solution was perfect! Thanks also LeeTutor, but your solution was for importing messages rather than synchronising them as per my question - but thank you anyway both of you.
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
The first section is that beginning with this quotation:
Windows Mail
To backup and restore Windows Mail messages, make a copy of all the files in the directory that contains the message and database files. The location of the message store can be found via Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | Store Folder (the default is %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Loca
The second is that beginning with this:
Importing from Windows Mail to Windows Mail
To import from a previous backup of Windows Mail messages, go to File | Import | Messages and choose Windows Mail 7 format. Then use the Browse button to select the topmost directory, underwhich the folders are nested. Note the import bug above in Red. The path must be corrected by hitting the Browse button a second time and selecting nothing and then clicking on Okay. Then one can select all folders or just some of them. Note that one can import from a single directory of eml files as well, and the database files are not needed.