I need to recover an email account password from an IAF file

[Guest]

Can someone tell me how to freely recover
an old mail account password I lost when changing machines
it was in the form of an IAF extension all the
account information but it is encrypted
and I need that same password to get access to other
things besides email which works A-OK ??

I might go to my ISP but because it is a gift
it resides under another persons data.
I have all I need on my own machine
WHICH I OWN and ADMINISTER but
cant for the life of me recover a stupid password
which is my own. ??

The IAF extension is an exported account.
All the data is there but it cant be read.

Also is there a way to not encrypt passwords
since I am the only user of this machine ??

Win VIsta Premium OEM version SP2.

Thanks for any realistic answers.
geoff

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Can someone tell me how to freely recover
an old mail account password I lost when changing machines
it was in the form of an IAF extension all the
account information but it is encrypted
and I need that same password to get access to other
things besides email which works A-OK ??

I might go to my ISP but because it is a gift
it resides under another persons data.
I have all I need on my own machine
WHICH I OWN and ADMINISTER but
cant for the life of me recover a stupid password
which is my own. ??

The IAF extension is an exported account.
All the data is there but it cant be read.

Also is there a way to not encrypt passwords
since I am the only user of this machine ??

Win VIsta Premium OEM version SP2.

Thanks for any realistic answers.
geoff

Contact the maker of whatever email client application you used to
create that encrypted *.IAF file for assistance.

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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Thomas Wendell]

Contact the maker of whatever email client application you used to create
that encrypted *.IAF file for assistance.

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Well, as it's an OE "export account data" file extension, this most likely
is a place to ask, as I don't think MS is helping in decrypting such
personal data

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Well, as it's an OE "export account data" file extension, this most likely
is a place to ask, as I don't think MS is helping in decrypting such
personal data

Is it an OE file? (Haven't used OE for more than a decade, so I'm not
familiar with its file types.) Anyway, this still wouldn't really be
the best place to ask, since Vista doesn't include Outlook Express; it
has Windows Mail. (Not much of an improvement, but there you are.) The
OP would still be most likely to get the best assistance by asking his
question in a Outlook Express or Win2K/XP newsgroup, where there are
more likely to be people familiar with OE.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Guest]

Ok OK, I get the message.
Ill go try and find a OE group.

Thanks anyways.

Well, as it's an OE "export account data" file extension, this most likely
is a place to ask, as I don't think MS is helping in decrypting such
personal data

Is it an OE file? (Haven't used OE for more than a decade, so I'm not
familiar with its file types.) Anyway, this still wouldn't really be
the best place to ask, since Vista doesn't include Outlook Express; it
has Windows Mail. (Not much of an improvement, but there you are.) The
OP would still be most likely to get the best assistance by asking his
question in a Outlook Express or Win2K/XP newsgroup, where there are
more likely to be people familiar with OE.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot