Windows mail bakup/restore issues

[James]

Ok here's the thing I am a website designer I have messages dating back years

Windows mail is easy to backup and restore however every time I do a backup
it creates a message folder called something like Imported Folder or Imported
Folder0987

every time a files is exported for backup it creates a new folder

when i try to import all my messages and files are scattered everywhere it
take hours to put everything back the way it was, and i have to import
several times to find all the folders and messages.

Being a programmer i crash all the time so Its important to be able to save
all my files

Also i notice that there's a bug that allow me to see all the messages in a
given folder all the titles and dates are correct but the actual body of the
message is the same for every message in the folder, and the only way i can
see to fix this is to delete the folder entirely and import it from an older
copy causing me to lose many messages

Any ways is there any way to clean this up so that all my folders are
imported in the same layout and location they were exported from?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

If you do frequent restores, it is best to use a third party product that is
optimized for that job:
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-mail-backup
Give the 20 day free trial a whirl.

 

[James]

Thank you but I am not to eager to install even more software that can
potentially cause me to need yet more backups.

I'm just hoping there is a way to have the backup work as it did in Outlook
express where all the folders and messages were imported in the format and
layout the original data was exported from

i don't understand why the new windows mail will not allow me to fix it.

For example if i import the data and then move the files to their proper
folders and location then do an export, it seems when i import it all goes
back to the previous locations causing me to move it all again

and with each new export a new folder is created and all old data remains in
old export folder causing messages to be scattered among multiple locations
and files

My god its annoying

 

[DL]

Windows Mail Backup for Windows 2000/XP/2003/ ???????

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

It's a bit of a misnomer, but it works great.

 

[James]

Im not looking for a new program I am looking for a fix to the one i am
using, can anyone help

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't know how to make this any plainer.
Windows Mail is buggy. Microsoft dropped all development of Windows Mail
since about October 2006. There will be no more fixes forthcoming.
Microsoft has designated Windows Live Mail as the replacement program.
Either accept Windows Mail for what it is, or else move on.

 

[Steve Cochran]

You can compact and repair the database with my WMUtil program
(www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/) and that might fix some of the issues you are
experiencing. Otherwise, the only way to keep WinMail from putting the
imported messages into the imported tree is to manually drag and drop the
eml files into the relevant folders.

Another 3rd party program (www.oehelp.com/OEX/) will allow you to import a
directory of eml files directly into any WinMail (or OE) folder without
having to worry about "Imported" tree.

Some of the problems you describe might also be attributable to problems
caused by antivirus software, which doesn't work well with WinMail. See the
section on WinMail in point 3 here: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

steve

 

[James]

Thank you thats what I was looking for, Have a great day