Guest Gord McFee Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing them into Eudora 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the attachments? Thanks. -- Best regards Gord McFee
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message news:omjvf3drjbipschmu0jvak4a5hsaocgd6p@4ax.com... >I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent messages > and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the messages by > saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing them into Eudora > 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the > attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. > > Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the > attachments? > > Thanks. > > -- > Best regards > Gord McFee Gord, do the attachments show up properly in Eudora before the final import? If so, a later version of Eudora might "upgrade" the imported mail files to a form that lets the attachments survive. Also, utilities like Aid4Mail and ABC Amber might help. http://www.aid4mail.com/ http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcagent.html HTH -pk
Guest Gord McFee Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:26:33 -0400, in <e#Tuv94AIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote: > "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message > news:omjvf3drjbipschmu0jvak4a5hsaocgd6p@4ax.com... > >I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent messages > > and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the messages by > > saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing them into Eudora > > 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the > > attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. > > > > Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the > > attachments? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Best regards > > Gord McFee > > Gord, do the attachments show up properly in Eudora before the final import? Hi Pat. No, they don't. > If so, a later version of Eudora might "upgrade" the imported mail files to > a form that lets the attachments survive. The problem is that OE only allows imports from Eudora through Version 3, so a later version wouldn't help. > Also, utilities like Aid4Mail and ABC Amber might help. > > http://www.aid4mail.com/ > http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcagent.html I saw them, but, cheapskate that I am, was hoping to be able to do it for free. I don't really want to buy a program without knowing for sure that it will work. -- Best regards Gord McFee
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message news:vctvf319p1qjcue2ijjkat2ppq2550ii6e@4ax.com... > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:26:33 -0400, in > <e#Tuv94AIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, "Patrick Keenan" > <test@dev.null> wrote: > >> "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message >> news:omjvf3drjbipschmu0jvak4a5hsaocgd6p@4ax.com... >> >I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent messages >> > and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the messages by >> > saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing them into Eudora >> > 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the >> > attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. >> > >> > Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the >> > attachments? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -- >> > Best regards >> > Gord McFee >> >> Gord, do the attachments show up properly in Eudora before the final >> import? > > Hi Pat. > > No, they don't. That helps localize the problem - it is happening at the inital import. Can you import to a later version of Eudora? If that fixes the attachments, you are nearly there. >> If so, a later version of Eudora might "upgrade" the imported mail files >> to >> a form that lets the attachments survive. > > The problem is that OE only allows imports from Eudora through Version > 3, so a later version wouldn't help. Actually, it might, because you could then import to Thunderbird or Netscape Communicator and finally take that into OE. It's not unknown to have to complete an import by using three or four mail programs. You can find older versions of Netscape here: http://browser.netscape.com/downloads/archive/ But first, of couse, you need to get the attachments cleanly out of Agent first. >> Also, utilities like Aid4Mail and ABC Amber might help. >> >> http://www.aid4mail.com/ >> http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcagent.html > > I saw them, but, cheapskate that I am, was hoping to be able to do it > for free. I don't really want to buy a program without knowing for > sure that it will work. Both ABC and Aid4Mail have free demo/trial modes. Both apply limitations in these modes, including banners and ads and numbers of messages. But you can find out if they will work or not. HTH -pk > -- > Best regards > Gord McFee
Guest Gord McFee Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express In news:uOQQL55AIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, Patrick Keenan <test@dev.null> typed: > "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message > news:vctvf319p1qjcue2ijjkat2ppq2550ii6e@4ax.com... >> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:26:33 -0400, in >> <e#Tuv94AIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, "Patrick Keenan" >> <test@dev.null> wrote: >> >>> "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote in message >>> news:omjvf3drjbipschmu0jvak4a5hsaocgd6p@4ax.com... >>>> I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent >>>> messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the >>>> messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing >>>> them into Eudora 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook >>>> Express. But the >>>> attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the >>>> attachments? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards >>>> Gord McFee >>> >>> Gord, do the attachments show up properly in Eudora before the final >>> import? >> >> Hi Pat. >> >> No, they don't. > > That helps localize the problem - it is happening at the inital > import. > Can you import to a later version of Eudora? If that fixes the > attachments, you are nearly there. > >>> If so, a later version of Eudora might "upgrade" the imported mail >>> files to >>> a form that lets the attachments survive. >> >> The problem is that OE only allows imports from Eudora through >> Version 3, so a later version wouldn't help. > > Actually, it might, because you could then import to Thunderbird or > Netscape Communicator and finally take that into OE. It's not > unknown to have to complete an import by using three or four mail > programs. > You can find older versions of Netscape here: > http://browser.netscape.com/downloads/archive/ > > But first, of couse, you need to get the attachments cleanly out of > Agent first. > >>> Also, utilities like Aid4Mail and ABC Amber might help. >>> >>> http://www.aid4mail.com/ >>> http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcagent.html >> >> I saw them, but, cheapskate that I am, was hoping to be able to do it >> for free. I don't really want to buy a program without knowing for >> sure that it will work. > > Both ABC and Aid4Mail have free demo/trial modes. Both apply > limitations in these modes, including banners and ads and numbers of > messages. But you can find out if they will work or not. Note what I am posting with. :-) You got me thinking when you mentioned Thunderbird. I vaguely remembered some way of doing it from Thunderbird, so I installed it and imported all the files from Forte to Thunderbird. All of the attachments came through. Then I needed some way to convert the Thunderbird files to OE and, using Google as my friend, found a neat little program called IMAPSize. The links are: http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook.php and http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php It worked like a charm. Thanks for energizing my increasingly feeble brain cells, Pat. -- Best regards Gord McFee
Guest NoConsequence Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:31:08 -0400, Gord McFee <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: >I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent messages >and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the messages by >saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing them into Eudora >3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the >attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. > >Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the >attachments? > >Thanks. Why ask HERE? Agent and OE are NOT XP, but separate programs and each with their own USENET groups. Ask in those; your question is out of place HERE.
Guest Gord McFee Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express In news:hhn0g31vti1ka7uqmmfibumodeo54iocfc@4ax.com, NoConsequence <none@none.net> typed: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:31:08 -0400, Gord McFee <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> > wrote: > >> I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent >> messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the >> messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing >> them into Eudora >> 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the >> attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. >> >> Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the >> attachments? >> >> Thanks. > Why ask HERE? Agent and OE are NOT XP, but separate programs and each > with their own USENET groups. Ask in those; your question is out of > place HERE. Before I posted, I checked this newsgroup, and there have been several OE threads and the posters were not told they were off-topic. If I had not upgraded to XP, I would not be using OE and wouldn't have the problem. That's why I thought it was appropriate to ask, especially since this is a "general" group. -- Best regards Gord McFee
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:15:38 -0400, "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: > In news:hhn0g31vti1ka7uqmmfibumodeo54iocfc@4ax.com, > NoConsequence <none@none.net> typed: > > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:31:08 -0400, Gord McFee <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent > >> messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the > >> messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing > >> them into Eudora > >> 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the > >> attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. > >> > >> Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the > >> attachments? > >> > >> Thanks. > > Why ask HERE? Agent and OE are NOT XP, but separate programs and each > > with their own USENET groups. Ask in those; your question is out of > > place HERE. > > Before I posted, I checked this newsgroup, and there have been several > OE threads and the posters were not told they were off-topic. If I had > not upgraded to XP, I would not be using OE and wouldn't have the > problem. That's why I thought it was appropriate to ask, especially > since this is a "general" group. NoConsequence's reply is rude and inconsiderate. He certainly doesn't speak for all of us here. Nevertheless, despite the rude way he put his reply, he is largely right. Agent questions are certainly off-topic here, and OE questions are at least marginally off-topic. But more important than whether OE questions are off-topic here or not is the point that the OE experts tend to hang out in the OE newsgroups, and therefore you are far more likely to get the help you need there than here. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Gord McFee Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express In news:g863g31q7lhpj1vg2detg39m0a5j4sssfo@4ax.com, Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> typed: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:15:38 -0400, "Gord McFee" > <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: > >> In news:hhn0g31vti1ka7uqmmfibumodeo54iocfc@4ax.com, >> NoConsequence <none@none.net> typed: >> >>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:31:08 -0400, Gord McFee >>> <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent >>>> messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the >>>> messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing >>>> them into Eudora >>>> 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the >>>> attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the >>>> attachments? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> Why ask HERE? Agent and OE are NOT XP, but separate programs and >>> each with their own USENET groups. Ask in those; your question is >>> out of place HERE. >> >> Before I posted, I checked this newsgroup, and there have been >> several OE threads and the posters were not told they were >> off-topic. If I had not upgraded to XP, I would not be using OE and >> wouldn't have the problem. That's why I thought it was appropriate >> to ask, especially since this is a "general" group. > > > NoConsequence's reply is rude and inconsiderate. He certainly doesn't > speak for all of us here. > > Nevertheless, despite the rude way he put his reply, he is largely > right. Agent questions are certainly off-topic here, and OE questions > are at least marginally off-topic. > > But more important than whether OE questions are off-topic here or not > is the point that the OE experts tend to hang out in the OE > newsgroups, and therefore you are far more likely to get the help you > need there than here. Thanks for this, Ken. Noted and I have subscribed to the newsgroup. -- Best regards Gord McFee
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Importing Forte Agent messages and attachments to Outlook Express On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:30:03 -0400, "Gord McFee" <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: > In news:g863g31q7lhpj1vg2detg39m0a5j4sssfo@4ax.com, > Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> typed: > > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:15:38 -0400, "Gord McFee" > > <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: > > > >> In news:hhn0g31vti1ka7uqmmfibumodeo54iocfc@4ax.com, > >> NoConsequence <none@none.net> typed: > >> > >>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:31:08 -0400, Gord McFee > >>> <gord.mcfee@rogers.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am new to XP and am looking for a way to import Forte Agent > >>>> messages and attachments into Outlook Express. I can import the > >>>> messages by saving all the Forte folders as Unix files, importing > >>>> them into Eudora > >>>> 3.06 and then importing from there into Outlook Express. But the > >>>> attachments are all lost - pictures show up as gibberish. > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone know of a way to import the messages *and* the > >>>> attachments? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>> Why ask HERE? Agent and OE are NOT XP, but separate programs and > >>> each with their own USENET groups. Ask in those; your question is > >>> out of place HERE. > >> > >> Before I posted, I checked this newsgroup, and there have been > >> several OE threads and the posters were not told they were > >> off-topic. If I had not upgraded to XP, I would not be using OE and > >> wouldn't have the problem. That's why I thought it was appropriate > >> to ask, especially since this is a "general" group. > > > > > > NoConsequence's reply is rude and inconsiderate. He certainly doesn't > > speak for all of us here. > > > > Nevertheless, despite the rude way he put his reply, he is largely > > right. Agent questions are certainly off-topic here, and OE questions > > are at least marginally off-topic. > > > > But more important than whether OE questions are off-topic here or not > > is the point that the OE experts tend to hang out in the OE > > newsgroups, and therefore you are far more likely to get the help you > > need there than here. > > Thanks for this, Ken. Noted and I have subscribed to the newsgroup. You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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