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To import Outlook Express email accounts, folders and messages into Windows Live Mail:

• Start Outlook Express.
• Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu.
• Go to the Mail tab.
• Highlight the desired email account.
• Click Export....
• Now click Save to export the settings to a .iaf file named after the account in your My Documents folder.
o Choose a network drive or portable medium to transfer settings from one computer to another.
• Close Outlook Express.
• Open Windows Live Mail.
• Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu.
o You may have to hold down the Alt key to see the menu bar.
• Click Import....
• Highlight the .iaf file you just saved in Outlook Express.
• Click Open.
• Click Close.
• Now select File | Import | Messages... from the menu.
• Make sure Microsoft Outlook Express 6 is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Click Next > again.
o To import mail from another computer, copy the Outlook Express mail files to the machine that has Windows Live Mail first.
• Choose specific folders to import under Select folders: or leave All folders selected to import all Outlook Express mail.
• Click Next >.
• Now click Finish.
• You fill find the imported messages or folders under Storage folders in the Windows Live Mail folder list.


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