However, the CD is probably your problem. OE won't read files marked as read-only. You'll
need to copy the DBX files to the hard disk, then remove the read-only attribute (Right click
the file in the Windows File Explorer, select Properties, General and uncheck the read-only
attribute.
Backing Up, Recovering and Restoring OE5/6 Files and Settings
http://chattanooga.net/~scochran/backup.htm
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe5/backup/index.htm
For further help
Use the following newsgroup for questions or problems with OE6 You will find out information about issues affecting Outlook Express 5/6 at: -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
http://chattanooga.net/~scochran/oe5faq.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6386/IE_ng_notes.htm
http://home.attbi.com/~jimpickering/
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe5
>trying to import messages and I get a choice of 4.0 or
>6.0 and neither works. I have a cd with messages from old
>computer which I am trying to load here.
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