209888 - can not import messages from mozilla into outlook express

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Description

[Bob Crenshaw]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

When attempting to import messages from Mozzila into outlook express I select
Eudora and browse to C:\Documents and Settings\bob1\Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\pebb4kvs.slt\Mail  select Next and I get an error
message that reads "Import Messages - no messages can be found in this folder or
another application is running that has the required files open.  Please select
another folder or try closing applications that may have files open."  


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.I make sure that all applications are closed except for outlook express
2.Select File import messages Eudora Browse to: C:\Documents and
Settings\bob1\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\pebb4kvs.slt\Mail
3. select Next
Actual Results:  
received the message: "no messages can be found in this folder or another
application is running that has the required files open.  Please select another
folder or try closing applications that may have files open."


Expected Results:  
Mozilla should have exported messages

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

-->invalid

This is a bug in OE, not in Mozilla. The application that imports the mails
should  do the right thing when importing mail data. If you really want to
export mail into OE express format, this is Bug 243557 then.