Resolved Can't access recovered OE6 message folders

I am trying to get OE6 to 'read' a set of email folders I have recovered from backup. They are all .DBX files, and they are all in a folder 'Old email folders'.

I have tried moving all the .DBX files into the same directory as the new OE6 folders, and OE6 won't access them.

Once the .DBX files were in the folder, I tried making a new email folder with the same name as an un-read 'old email file', closed & re-opened OE and the data form the added file wasn't accessed.

I tired using file/import/messages and pointing it to the folder in which the new .dbx files are located, and get a list of files that is ONLY the new folder names.

I'd certainly appreciate any guidence.

 

Sorry Pete it didn't work. I sent all the emails form the initial folders to my hotmial account in preparation for sending them back when the restored folders were active, but once I changed the store to the 'Old Email" folder, I still only got the inbox, outbox, sent & deleted, that are now in the 'old email folder.

I check the properties of all the folders & they do point to the 'old email' folder, but none of the 'other' restored folders are viewable in OE6. The "Old Emil' forler contains 34 files, and OE6 accesses only 6 with today's date, the others still have the restore date.

Did I miss a step?

 

Forgot to add, the old OE had two accounts, one the same as in the new and the second an IMAP account, that I have chosen not to activate.

 

yes, should that be deleted?

 

No access to the old computer the hardfile had a hardware failure & I have only the backups from Carbonite (online service). The problem might be the folders.dbx as it has the date of 11/25 and the backed up folders (I can't access) have an 11/17 date.

Any way for me to create a folders.dbx that contiains the names of all the backed-up folders?

Would I be advised to overlay the 11/25 copy of folders.dbx with the 11/17 version of folders.dbx from the backup?

I there a tool I could use to examine the contact of that file beofer the substitution?

 

Replacing the 11/25 copy of folders.dbx with the 11/17 version got me MOST of the backed up email folders. There were 2 email folders with the same date problem. I moved them to the folder, changed the Store folder and all is fixed.

Thanks for all your help.