Recently I decided to use outlook 2007 instead of Windows Mail. I assumed that this was like a walk in the park,  it became an obstacle course.

Follow these steps: (In my situation I went from pc A (vista) to pc B (win7))

1. Export the messages

Choose a location where the messages will be stored and select the desired folders.

After a while, depending on the total of mails, this process is done.

2. install outlook 2007

Speaks for itself.

3. Install Windows Live Mail

Windows 7 does not come with any mailprogram, so I had to download this via the  Windows Live Installer.

4. Import Windows Mail

After the installation we open Windows Live Mail and choose File => Import messages and browse to our previously exported Windows Mail folder.

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We see that our mails are imported, although the folders could be messed up. Not a problem, afterwards we put them in the desired location.

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5. Export Windows Live Mail
Now we export the mails (again), but we choose for Exchange.

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6. Open Outlook 2007

When you open outlook 2007 you’ll notice an extra folder: Storage Folders. In here we find our imported mails.

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Notice how the folders are a little bit “scrambled” and do not have the same architecture (Inbox in imported folder in imported folder, etc). Just move the folders to your desired location.

As you can see; just 6 ‘simple’  steps to store your mails in their new environment.

 

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This freeware program will not only  backup your mail, but it does the Address books, certificates, saved passwords/forms (which you can uncheck for security reasons if you want) and a whole bunch of other stuff.

These backup files are stored compressed in standard Zip files and can be password protected.

In addition, it will backup from Microsoft Outlook Express, Seamonkey/Mozilla, Windows Live Mail and/or Mozilla Thunderbird.

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