Hi,
Linda - in Netscape Mail, click File - import. You'll get a list from which
you can choose from several mail programs including Outlook Express. Netscape
can import a copy of the Outlook Express mail folders. This should solve the
problem of the mixed up mail.
Lorna
Linda Pulliam wrote:
> Suggestion: For the future, it is possible in IE5 to set the properties of
> the account not to automatically download messages (just to retrieve when
> desired.) Go to Tools, Accounts, Properties, and uncheck the box at the
> bottom. I use IE only to manage some subscriptions for my husband's WebTV
> account and know that this will work.
>
> Sorry, I don't have suggestions for converting the mail. Before I changed
> this option on my browser I had to manually forward messages to myself and
> manually re-file them. Quite a drag!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Baber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 1:34 AM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Mail distribution - IE 5.0 to Netscape 4.6x
>
> > I am looking for a means to unload my mail that
> > was downloaded via IE 5 by my son - he likes IE
> > and I don't. Unfortunately both E-mail clients
> > were set to release the POP server's files, and
> > although I have all the E-Mail in the IE 5
> > formats/structures that doesn't gather it in the
> > Netscape Mail folders I use.
> >
> > I get 90-150 E-mails a day, and I have about 23
> > days worth of mail mixed up between the Microsoft
> > and Netscape formats to straighten out. One
> > reason my problem is so messy, I use a cable modem
> > that is constantly on line, so if he had logged in
> > with IE mail it stayed logged on in IE until I
> > logged on in Netscape 10-15 hours later thus
> > switching the mail delivery back to Netscape.
> >
> > TIA Jim Baber
> >
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