Backup Outlook Express - Comments Page 3

There is a wonderful tool,possible wiil can do backup,but restore it exactly is doing- can save a lot of time and money, refusing from some services, that are not really needed,can read online user’s guide for this program, where all steps of email recovery process are clearly described,keeps your mailbox in several source files, such as Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and Deleted Items.dbx, all of these files should be located in the same folder,try to read source files of dbx format and unpack them into a temporary folder,program can save separate files with eml extension, please create a separate folder for this purpose to avoid confusion,works with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.

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Bob, I backup my outlook express account by making appropriate files on my data storage device that i plan to use and then select the emails one by one. The proccess i use to save them to the device is file-save as - 'F' - 'filename' save

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There is a good tool for work with mails - http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/corrupted_dbx.html - as far as i know tool is free,it permits to unpack dbx files, where Outlook Express keeps your messages and to retrieve separate files in eml format, that can be restored without errors,program is compatible with Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista,program is working in a batch mode and this tool processes very large dbx files, it is better to launch this program on more efficient workstations for fixing Outlook Express corrupted dbx files and Outlook Express dbx corrupt,all emails will be retrieved separately, users can open these files with any email client, compatible with Outlook Express.

Great instructions on how to backup e-mail folders. I did so and then can't seem to open the folder to see the messages. They're important re: Genealogy. What's the next step?

I put my emails onto a CD as I was having my operating system re-installed. However, the tech has put Windows Live Mail on instead of Outlook Express. I don't know if this is the reason, but when I try to import the emails (.dbx files) I get "No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing applications that may have files open." Any advice on how to get round this?

EDITOR'S NOTE: MS says: "Outlook Express stores your messages in a folder that contains several different .dbx files. These files (folders.dbx, inbox.dbx, outbox.dbx) contain all your messages. Windows Mail cannot import any of these files individually; you must import the entire Outlook Express folder." My only suggestion is to point Windows Live Mail to the folder on your CD that contains the DBX files, instead of the individual files.

I have my outlook express emails backed up. They are actually backed up in three different places.....desktop, E drive (portable hard drive) and F drive (usb key). They are in .dbx format.

How on earth do I import them back into outlook express? Everytime I do it, it says there is an error or the file is in use. I have changed the store directory to several different locations and still can not get them. I tried dragging them over to outlook express, but it just creates an email with a .dbx attachment.

I read your web site on exporting, but did not find anything on importing.

thanks.

I have my most of my Outlook Express address book organized into folders--e.g. "Friends," "Family," "Work," etc. I've followed your instructions to export a csv text tile of the address book contents. When it opens in Excel I find that only the address items that are in the "root" address book folder entitled "Main Identity's Contacts" and are not sorted into a sub-folder have their contents in the csv file. Is there a way to back up the sub-folders without un-organizing my address book by moving everything into that "Main Identity's Contacts" folder?

I TRIED YOUR BACKUP OF OUTLOOK EXPRESS ADDRESS BOOK, AND IT WORKED GREAT TO POST TO MY PASSPORT FILE BACKUP. THANKS A MILLION. JAKE