How to save email in Outlook Express?

Question

Hi i'm reinstalling my friends PC for him as it is really slow and what not. However he has a lot of emails he wants saving from Outlook Express, Is there anyway to save all these emails? Or is there some way like for example Hotmail.com you can sync your emails with their client so you can view them anywhere. The email is Freeserve by the way. Thanks :)

Answer 1

Hi, to back up Outlook Express Emails, you can check these information:



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 I 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.

Answer 2

The new Windows Live Hotmail is a great upgrade to Outlook Express, and it is easy to transfer all your emails from Express to Hotmail.



Here is a link that walks you through exporting your Outlook Express contacts and emails.



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670



Cheers,

Kyler

Windows Outreach Team

Answer 3

its in your profiles application data

look for identities,

then look for outlook express..



all the files would be in .dbx format..



take them all and put in a safe place..then replace back



but if you have a new folder other than default, you need to create the folder prior to restore the backup

Answer 4

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