i don't know where i read first learned this anymore, but you can't do that.
if you had a backup, i would have said restore from that into another folder
and import it into Outlook Express. as it was, an import of the moved folder
is what you should have done. Microsoft designed Outlook Express do to some
bizarre things that don't make sense even when you know why it works the way
it does. this is one of them. each of the Outlook Express DBX files has a
signature inside folders.dbx that identifies which are the current folder
files and what they should contain. anything that doesn't match "enough"
gets truncated and recreated. Outlook Express doesn't contain any really
useful backup or export system either except for the address book. you need
to look to third parties.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:07 PM
Subject: OT: MX OUtlook Express Question
So, I copied the contents of the relocated folder back into the 'mail'
folder and figured I was good to go - but unfortunately everything was
they except my 'inbox'. There was an 'inbox.dbx' file that was huge,but
it was not being read. Looking closer, I realized that the 'deleted items'
folder, which should of been huge, was pretty small. Everything else seems
fine - my 'rules' are intact, the other folders are OK.
