Messages Lose Properties After Import Into MS Exchange

You may experience the following symptoms:

• When you import a message with high or low priority or a message marked as unread into Microsoft Exchange, the message appears with normal priority or appears as if it has been read.
• When you import the Outbox from Internet Mail into Microsoft Exchange, the messages are not delivered. Instead, they remain in the Outbox.

During the export process the values for Priority are not read correctly and the Read State property is not transferred.

To send the undelivered mail, double-click the messages in the Outbox, and then click Send on the File menu.

The updated version of Internet Mail and News addresses the Priority and Read State problems. Exported messages retain their Priority and Read State properties. However, messages exported to the Outbox still need to be resent using the method described in the "Resolution" section.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: