Thanks for the help. Good to know where the MUD folder should be for OE- What I ended up doing was install Entourage and import. Worked fine.
Thanks again, Jannah > From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Mac Outlook Express Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:30:32 -0800 > To: Mac Outlook Express Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Failed import from OE on Mac G4 > > On 3/30/03 11:52 AM, "Diane Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 3/30/03 11:38 AM, "Jannah Riemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Help! I made a backup of Documents: Microsoft User Data folder. >>> Re-Initialized the hard drive on the Mac (G4 tower, 450 mhz), and >>> re-installed OS 9.2.2 and installed Jaguar. Placed the MUD folder copy into >>> the new (OS X Home) document folder. When I opened Outlook Express thru >>> classic it did not recognize the folder and treated me like I was a new >>> user. I then tried several times to import, to no avail. >>> >>> Are there any tricks to get OE to recognize it's own file? >>> >>> Jaguar's Mail wouldn't open it either. >> >> >> >> There are a couple of options for where you place the old MUD folder: >> >> Do you have a Documents (OS9) folder? If you , drag the entire MUD folder to >> the Classic Documents folder. > > Diane, > > That's not correct when you're in Jaguar. Even OE uses a MUD folder in the > OS X User's Documents folder now, NOT the root (OS 9) Documents folder. > > However, if you expect to boot back and forth between OS 9 and OS X and want > to use the same OE identity/ies wherever you are, then you would be best off > removing one of the MUD folders (it doesn't matter which) and replacing it > with an alias to the other MUD folder - drag one MUD to the other location > while holding down Command and Option keys. Then both OS's will see the same > identities, use the same scripts, etc. >> >> You can also put your identity in your User's/Documents/MUD folder. >> Entourage X will create a folder for the X identity called Office X >> Identities. Note each version has it's own folder for identities. > > He's just asking about OE, NOT Entourage. He's running OE in Classic in > Jaguar - perfectly possible - and wants his old identities back. The problem > is that his old identity is back in the root Documents folder, but OE in > Jaguar has created a new empty MUD folder in the OS X User Documents folder. > Just get rid of that one, and make an alias to the one in the root Documents > folder. >> >> It's confusing if you are using Entourage X or mail.app. If you are using >> Entourage then, the Entourage newsgroup would be a better place to get more >> help on this if you continue to have problems. > > He's not using either - just OE. > > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To search the archives: <http://athena.doe.com> > Unofficial Outlook Express Page: <http://www.macemail.com/oe/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://athena.doe.com> Unofficial Outlook Express Page: <http://www.macemail.com/oe/>
