Back Up Outlook Express

[Lavert]

What is best way to backup Outlook Express Ver 6 along with Address
Book? Thanks in advance.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try the following link:

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Chuck Davis]

I've been preparing a Q&A for next month's club newsletter:

Outlook Express Help returned up the following procedure:

To compact and back up e-mail folders

* Select an e-mail folder.

* On the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Compact.

* To back up the folder, find the folder file, and then copy it to a backup
folder, USB Flash memory drive or CD. When backing up to a CD, first back up
to your hard drive and then move the file to the CD. Outlook Express e-mail
folders have a .dbx extension (for example, "Sent Items.dbx").

That procedure may be a bit cumbersome, but it may be just what you were
looking for. However, there are many third party products available. A quick
Google search turned up the following:

You may download a free trial version here (in the end you pay):
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22994,00.asp

At $24.95 is: http://www.adolix.com/outlook-express-backup/

At $34 is http://www.softstack.com/oebkuprst.html

At $29.95 is:
http://downloads.theregister.co.uk/Windows/Internet/Email/123.html

Shareware: http://www.expressarchiver.com/faq.html#shareware

 

[PA Bear]

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

 

[Guest]

Suggestion: Use Thunderbird or Pegasus instead. With these, a user's mailbox
is stored in a *single* place instead of being scattered between Application
Data, Local Settings, and registry.