If nothing else you can send them to another email account then back to your new one. Joyce Gaston Reece -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Barnum" <jcnreno@charter.net> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 5:18 PM To: <rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Windows 7 Problems > Susan, Joyce, Jim and All, > Thanks for the great advice. > I just downloaded Thunderbird and it is already up and running. That was > fast! > This is exactly what I wanted. It replaces Outlook nicely. > As I said earlier, I'm glad I found this email list. It is nice to get > real answers!!! > My next task will be to get my old computer running enough to copy the > emails to a CD. (the HD is failing) I printed the instructions from the > link.That task will have to wait. > Charles > > Susan W Pieroth wrote: >> Thunderbird (the email program that goes with Firefox, but is downloaded >> separately) will import Outlook Express messages with it's wizard when >> you first install it. See >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_from_Outlook_Express >> >> The free program can be downloaded from >> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ >> >> Thunderbird lets you set up multiple identities and pick the one you >> want to use when replying to a message. It lets you filter messages into >> folders, check spelling, etc. >> >> Susan >> >> Jim Rickenbacker(3) wrote: >> >>> Hi Charles, >>> Unfortunately Outlook Express is long gone - replaced by Windows Mail in >>> Vista and now by Windows Live Mail in Win 7. Outlook Express was last >>> offered as part of IE6 and is not available separately. Supposedly >>> Windows >>> Live Mail can import Outlook Express files and aeems to be an OK >>> replacement for OE except it doesn't support multiple Identities. Also, >>> from >>> what I read, Office 2003 will run on Windows 7 and that includes Outlook >>> 2003 if you want to go that route.. >>> >>> I'm in the same boat as I'll eventually have to move from Win XP to >>> Windows >>> 7. I use and like OE and have my email archives since 1998 set up as >>> seperate Identities in OE. I've been looking but still don't know what >>> I'm >>> going to use for an OE replacement when the time comes. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> Jim Rickenbacker >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.97/2550 - Release Date: >> 12/06/09 23:33:00 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message