Hello, I did it the other way. Copied my database, renamed it and opened it with changing user environment. Then I deleted all those things which I didn't want to have in my archive. And then I compacted the database. The same I did with my current database, here I just deleted everything what went to the archieve. Yes, there are many ways to Rome :-)
But I agree, exporting and importing with the PM Format should work without problems. All the best Matthias ----------------------------------------------- schmidt-systemdevelopment http://www.schmidt-system.com iChat/AIM: MatKoyasan Tel. +31-736-56-3905 ----------------------------------------------- Am/On: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 05:09:48 +0200 schrieb/wrote: Lane Lane Roathe >I am finding that I am unable to import large numbers of files in PM5; >has anyone attempted this, and if so with what results? > >What I am trying to do is take some of my older messages and put them in >a new user environment (ie, DB) for searching as needed (mainly to get >rid of false hits). > >The steps I took were: > >1. Select folders to export > >2. Export in PowerMail exchange format > >3. Create new DB (user environment) > >4. Import: > > Trying to import an entire folder (top option) results in an error >after the first file has been processed. > > Trying to import the files one at a time causes PM5 to crash after >about the 6th file. > >Also, I thought PM was supposed to export a folder and all of it's >subfolders when exporting... but I only get the top folder. Is this >correct? If so, it's an oversight that should be corrected. Having to >select a few hundred folders individually is a real pain.
