PC Win: Converting Local Private Folders Doesn't Delete .FLD (119254)

SUMMARY

Microsoft Mail for Windows includes a utility called CONVERT.EXE that converts Microsoft Mail MS-DOS client folders and Microsoft Mail for Windows version 2.1 folders so that they can be used with versions 3.0 and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. Microsoft Mail version 2.1 stores private folders in .FLD files. These .FLD files are indexed with the .IDX file. These folders can be stored on the server or locally. When the folders are stored locally, the user's .IDX file and .FLD files are moved to the path specified by the user.

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CONVERT.EXE is a Windows utility that reads the .IDX file and then copies the information from the .FLD files into your .MMF file. When the CONVERT utility is finished copying the information, the following dialog box will appear:

Convert has successfully transferred your old messages to the new format. If you do not need the old messages, you may delete them at this time. Do you want to keep the old messages?

You can choose YES to keep the .IDX file and .FLD files or choose NO to reset the .IDX file back to 100 bytes and delete the .FLD files. If the folders were stored on the server, the .FLD files will be deleted successfully. However, if the folders were stored locally, the IDX file will be reset but the .FLD files will not be deleted. The .FLD files will no longer be accessible via the MS-DOS Mail client but they will still exist in the directory where they were stored locally. Therefore, you will need to delete the .FLD files located on the local workstation.