Hope this helps - it really isn't very hard or complicated. I move email like this all the time between various accounts (aol, yahoo, gmail, etc) and it works well. If you have a lot of emails, it could take a while to transfer (and it will first have to upload to the server, then be pulled back down to the new client on the new machine). Once you have done that, then again all you have to do is copy/move emails from the Local Inbox/folders to the new IMAP account you created. Create a NEW IMAP account on the Vista machine in Windows Mail (You can have multiple accounts in Windows Mail) with the same server/credentials you are using on the new machine. If you are installing Windows 10 on a PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista, or if you need to create installation media to install Windows 10 on a different PC, see Using the tool to create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) to install Windows 10 on a different PC section below.

If you are interested in moving from Windows Vista to. If you are using a different email account on the new machine, the same basic idea still applies. The free Windows 10 upgrade is available only to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users until July 29. Once you have done that then all you will need to do is move (or copy) the email from the Local Inbox/Folders in Windows Mail to the new folders under the newly configured IMAP account, which should be showing now in the 'tree' below the Local Inbox/folders. If that is the case, then all you will need to do is reconfigure the Vista Windows Mail account to use IMAP(vs. If you are using the same email address as before then I am guessing that it is now probably configured as an IMAP account on the new machine (as opposed to POP3 on Vista). On you new Windows 10 machine, are you using the Win10 default mail app? If so do you have a new email address that you are using with it, or are you still using you old email that you were using on the Vista machine with Windows Mail? I'm additionally assuming that your Vista machine is still functional and you are able to open Windows Mail. I'm assuming that 1) you are using the default 'Windows Mail' program in Vista (and not Windows Live mail, which is now defunct, but even if it is WLM the same procedure listed below should work with that program also).'Windows Mail' was the successor to Outlook Express,Īnd 2) that you were using POP3 and not IMAP on the Vista machine, which is why all your old emails reside on your Vista machine. All the email servers can use IMAP so it shouldn't be and issue to do that. Not sure if you have sorted this out yet but I would just transfer the emails between accounts with with IMAP.

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