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I am changing my provider and want to move my saved emails to a hotmail account I've just set up until I have my new email address with the new provider.

Do I have to manually forward them one by one, or is there a quicker method?

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Oh Kitty..... don't ask me please... I'm an IDIOT of the first water..... ;-0(

Deanna X

*drags comfy chair onto thread to keep Kitty company til a boffin arrives*

Love

Daff xxx

*giggles* that's three of us then, Deanna ;¬))

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ps... Steve is underneath... who wants to stamp on the floor of this thread to get his attention? lol xxxx

I think I've broken them anyway!!!!!!!

I stored them in a folder and saved to my pc in my aol mailbox.................now it says they can no longer be forwarded!!!!

*panics a lot*

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Are you using XP or Vista?
The easiest way is to set up a hotmail account on your computer and download the emails.
I don't think you can forward them en masse to Hotmail or to your new account so if there are a lot it would take æons to do individually.

XP.................so I go to hotmail and download them.

*goes to look*

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~~~~~~ waves ~~~~~~ to Errol.

Love

Daff xxxxx

oops I should have said AOL account not Hotmail

I'm on VISTA...... Errol!

Hi Daff.
Deanna X

No Kitty, how do you currently access the emails? Are you using webmail?

hi Daff

I'm with aol and can still open the saved ones, but they won't forward to hotmail .................or anyone else:((

I might have to cry now!!!!

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If you are running XP then you should have Outlook Express. Do you use it currently at all?
It can be configured to download your emails from AOL to your computer.

Outlook Express..............hang on I'll go and look.

Thanks Errol:))

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Found it....................do I open an account?

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hang on - follow the next instructions word for word:

Watching and waiting Errol

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~~~~~ waves quietly ~~~~~ to Kitty and Deanna....

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First make sure Outlook Express is closed and then sign in to AOL.
Now open Outlook Express (OE).
You may be asked if you want to use OE as your default email client - click Ok.
If you are asked to type your name in the display name box, click Cancel and then you may be asked if you want to exit the wizard - click Yes.
Now, in OE select Accounts from the Tools menu.
Click Add and then Mail.
Type your name in the Display Name box as you want it to appear in outgoing e-mail messages and then click Next.
In the e-mail address box type your AOL e-mail name, eg [email protected].
Click Next.
You will see a list for "incoming mail server". Select IMAP.
In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box type imap.aol.com.
For Outgoing mail (SMTP) type smtp.aol.com.
Click Next.
Type your AOL account name in the Account name box.
In the Password box type your AOL account password and put a tick next to Remember Password if you want OE to save it rather than type it in every time.
Click Next.
Click Finish.


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