BackUp Outlook Express InBox? 1

[TopHat2]

I am about to do a clean re-install of Win98SE and need to backup the e-mails in the Outlook Express Inbox, but I can’t workout where Outlook Express stores the data.

Can anyone give me some information on this?

 

[craigey]

Go To Tools -> Options -> Maintenance -> Store Folder.

This should give you quite a long directory name. EG.

C:\WINNT\hgghgg\Application Data\Identities\{F44E0000-G82F-89F5-2647-00605AD72F7J}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

If you navigate to the folder just copy all the files in that directory to where you want to save them to. Then when you re-install everything Create a folder on the C: drive such as emails. Copy the files to this folder. Then go back to the store folder option and change the store folder to C:\emails (or whatever you called your new folder and put the files into).
The next time outlook is started all your e-mails will be there.

By the way, Don't forget to backup your contacts list as well. The best way for this is to use a text file CSV (comma separated value). Go to File -> Export -> Address book. text file CSV -> export. Then save the file wherever you want to. To import it just go to File -> import -> Other address book -> text file CSV -> Import-> Browse. Dont forget to change the files of type to *.txt.

Anyway hope that helps!

By the way dont forget you can also save your e-mail account settings (such as pop3, Username & pass), by going to Tools -> Accounts and using the import and export buttons there.

 

[TopHat2]

Thanks Craigey. This is obviously another example of windows opacity, that for some strange reason MS likes to call “transparency”.

 

[craigey]

Ah, but isn't it so much fun, trying to figure these things out!



Glad I helped!