How does one back up Email Accounts in Outlook 2007?

This is to go from one Outlook 2007 to another Outlook 2007.

You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the machine.
It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to another machine.

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"Reese" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How does one back up Email Accounts in Outlook 2007?
>
> This is to go from one Outlook 2007 to another Outlook 2007.
>

"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote in
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> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the machine.
> It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to another
> machine.
>

I thought the User State Migration tool did it....

"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote in
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> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the machine.
> It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to another
> machine.

Are you kidding me? I have to manually write down 17 different account
names, passwords and various other account-specific configurations, just
because I'm re-installing Windows?

Man, those MAC commercials are onto something, aren't they? :-P

"Gordon" wrote...
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote...
>>
>> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the
>> machine. It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to
>> another machine.
>
> I thought the User State Migration tool did it....

I believe that's for Windows User Profiles, not Outlook email account names
& passwords.

Though I could be wrong.

"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" wrote...
>> "Roady [MVP]" wrote...
>>>
>>> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the
>>> machine. It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to
>>> another machine.
>>
>> I thought the User State Migration tool did it....
>
> I believe that's for Windows User Profiles, not Outlook email account
> names & passwords.
>
> Though I could be wrong.
>


I thought it included Office 2007 settings as well - rather like the old
"Save My Settings" Wizard....

Ever tried it? The results concerning Outlook are not good...

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
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"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote
> in message news:E7F0255C-6893-496E-9CAB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the
>> machine. It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to
>> another machine.
>>
>
> I thought the User State Migration tool did it....
>

Like a Mac is any better at it :-P

No need to write down anything; sure you've already received that
information before when you initially had to configure those accounts ;-)

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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http://www.msoutlook.info/
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"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote
> in message news:E7F0255C-6893-496E-9CAB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You can't. Outlook's email profile configuration is linked to the
>> machine. It is better to recreate your mail profile when you move to
>> another machine.
>
> Are you kidding me? I have to manually write down 17 different account
> names, passwords and various other account-specific configurations, just
> because I'm re-installing Windows?
>
> Man, those MAC commercials are onto something, aren't they? :-P
>