Move incredimail mail store from one pc to another?

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[SOLVED] Move incredimail mail store from one pc to another?

Old PC dead (lightning) moved the hard drive to the new pc tried importing from the old identities folder but the bloody thing runs out of memory or so the error goes. I can't boot from the old HDD on the new pc to export the mail, just keeps on rebooting.

Anybody know of an easy way to simply move the identities folder and tell incredimail to use it?

Alternatively a way to easily pull it into a free client like thunderbird, opera etc?
 
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Once you've started using Incredimail you're pretty much screwed from my experience.

When I last looked at it, there was no single mail store. Every email was a seperate file.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Once you've started using Incredimail you're pretty much screwed from my experience.
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It's not me using it but I've come to pretty much the same conclusion. Dunno why people use it, fsck go for something like thunderbird or opera mail etc, at least you can convert migrate easily.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Once you've started using Incredimail you're pretty much screwed from my experience.
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This ^ Even if you can get it running again, the only way to export mail and contacts is one at a time by cut and paste.
 
Tearing my fscking hair out here right now. Importing keeps giving me out of memory errors. Gonna try and import one folder at a time.
 
ponder said:
Tearing my fscking hair out here right now. Importing keeps giving me out of memory errors. Gonna try and import one folder at a time.
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Been about 3 years since I last dealt with that.

I cannot remember how I fixed it. I did tell the client that unless she was prepared to change her email I will not attempt email recovery in future.

Since then I explained to people why they need to move from there and never go back....

You have my sympathies.
 
So I got the old HDD booted up on a PC with a very similar motherboard and did a data & settings export where it created 3 cab files.

Tried to do the reverse on the new computer to which it says importing and successful but still no go, shows no mail but it pulled in the settings for the mail account.
 
Now the win8 installs seems borked, cannot uninstall or install any apps :rolleyes:
 
I flat refused to fix Incredimail on my client's PCs, its more of a headache than it needs to be and it gets easily infected with viruses. I've always installed Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail and left it at that, because no matter how much you polish a turd, its still a turd, but now its a shiny one.

Even the free screensaver app thingy is borked, I always uninstall it because it leaves too many security holes open.
 
NAG - Wesley said:
I flat refused to fix Incredimail on my client's PCs, its more of a headache than it needs to be and it gets easily infected with viruses. I've always installed Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail and left it at that, because no matter how much you polish a turd, its still a turd, but now its a shiny one.

Even the free screensaver app thingy is borked, I always uninstall it because it leaves too many security holes open.
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I agree. RIght now I would like to find a way to convert the mail store & contacts to something thunderbird can read.

This is probably one of the worst pieces of dog turd I have ever come across.
 
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Ponder, meet an old friend, Netscape Communicator. Incredimail's help page shows that it can import .eml files from Communicator, the same file type that Thunderbird also uses, so there might be a slim chance Communicator might be able to change the mail back into its original format. There's also the Incredimail Converter, which should work if your client was using an older Incredimail version.

There's also their support page if you feel like going bald today :P
 
Who your daddy? Who your daddy? Incredimail she be my biatch!

Ok googled a bit and that ReynardWare Incredimail Converter seems to have issues with deleted mails at times. So I did a "Export Single Database" on the Inbox.imm and it converted the entire Inbox without a hitch, clicked on the individual .eml files and Thunderbird opens them no problemo. Busy now with the Sent Items.imm (hope it's glitch free) which is the only other one really required, the address book I already have exported as a .csv file.

Now, any suggestions on a free email client, something that uses a open database format (non-proprietary) to prevent future crap like this? So far I'm leaning towards Thunderbird (only thing I've really ever used) but other suggestions would be welcome.
 
Explain to the person why not to use it Ever again...

Windows is probably fearing the reinstall of uncredible mail
 
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