Original Question ... I have Outlook Express 6. My mail is coming in and
going out fine. I'd like to back up the mail folders "just in case" ....
however, I find no dbx files, and no folder.dbx. In other words, I
don't know where those inbox, outbox, etc. folders are found. Any
suggestions? --- Harold
Peter says ... Harold, try looking in your C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data folder for these files. FYI, this
folder is a hidden system folder so remember to make them seen
beforehand. --- Peter Kaulback
Peter, making all files visible didn't help. The search for "application
data" folder or for *.dbx files showed nothing. However, after doing the
steps below, and searching again, the *.dbx search did show all the email
folders but only those I copied into another folder on the desktop for
eventual backing up on my flash drive. Application data folder? Forget it;
I must have inadvertently gotten rid of that in a moment of lunacy. But
everything is working now better than ever so who's complaining.
Frank Gunther (a rather quiet yet knowledgeable guy in our PCWorks family)
sent me to this page ...
http://askbobrankin.com/backup_outlook_express.html ... and I successfully
did the back up using these steps:
1. Open Outlook Express. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. Select the folder location (hold down left mouse button and drag
across the folder name from left to right) then press CTRL+C to copy the
location.
Note: Part of the folder name may be hidden, so be sure to copy the entire
string. In a typical Outlook Express installation, the folder name will be
something like this, but the characters in the brackets will be different
for each computer:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{3D3B1757-A978FC42}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
4. Click Cancel twice to close the dialog box.
5. Close Outlook Express.
6. Click Start, and then click Run.
7. In the Open box, press CTRL+V to paste in the folder name, then click
OK.
8. When the folder opens in a new window, click Edit, then Select All.
9. Drag the selected email folders to the Backup location.
From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's easiest just to use something like Express Assist. It's a 3-click
backup of not only email and their respective folders, but ALL of OE's
settings, AND your Favorites.http://www.ajsystems.com/ea.html - -Clint
Response:
I'm sure your suggestion would work, Clint, and no doubt, much faster. Now
let's get down to personalities: I'll spend no limit to buy the best
computer, monitor, and printer if I go into a store (I use a local Staples
and don't even bother "shopping") - or if I had some local person put one
together I'd buy the best components that I would need, I would be leery as
to what he is asking but would still buy the best. Money would be no object.
But once I get it set up, I'll never spent one cent for any software (unless
it's a special program like MSWord or some chess CD etc.) ... that's just a
personality quirk. I'm sure you meet all kinds of people in your computer
work; my type is just one of them.
In addition, having lots of time to play with this computer, I enjoy the
"long way" of backing up bookmarks (I'm using Firefox), and have no trouble
with the above OE backup; it was even a challenge (while I had the TV next
to me playing Casablanca for the zillionth time). To many computer users,
that's all part of the fun, seeing things happen by copying, pasting, making
shortcuts, copying files from one drive to another. You and many of the
gurus on the list, I'm sure, understand that. You and many others keep up
your good work here; we all appreciate your input --- Harold
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