Outlook dbx file

D

Doug

My boss saved his outlook express messages to a file with
a dbx extension on a memory stick off his old computer.
How do I get outlook express to recognize the file on his
new computer or restore it on his old one? He wants his
messages back and I don't know how to open the dbx file
and I can't seem to copy it back to it's original folder.
Thanks.
 
T

Tony

1. Email Messages:
From the Outlook Express menu select Tools | Options |
Maintenance and click the StoreFolder button. You see a
dialog with the name of the directory that has your mail
files. If you look in that directory you find files named
after your mail folders and news groups. They all have
a .DBX suffix. Outlook Express keeps all messages in these
database files. If you make copies of these files
regularly, you'll have a safe backup of your OE mail.

Restore (if necessary): To restore the backup data, just
copy it back to the directory. You can selectively restore
folders by just copying specific files back.
Alternatively, you can use OE's File | Import | Messages
feature to import one or more of the backup folders. Email
Account Settings

As far as we know, the procedure works for all kind of
email: The regular SMTP / POP3 based email, MAPI, IMAP or
even the free Hotmail Account, that is built into Outlook.
For Hotmail, however, some messages and settings might be
stored only at the Hotmail server ( = somewhere at
Microsoft !) and not on your local PC.
 
B

Brian Tillman

Doug said:
My boss saved his outlook express messages to a file with
a dbx extension on a memory stick off his old computer.
How do I get outlook express to recognize the file on his
new computer or restore it on his old one? He wants his
messages back and I don't know how to open the dbx file
and I can't seem to copy it back to it's original folder.
Thanks.

Ask in an Outlook Express newsgroup and visit
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
 

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