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Backing up e-mails

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by yobosaeyo

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What is the easiest process to backup emails in Outlook/Outlook Express before a reformat?

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by syscokid

In Outlook, look for files named .pst and possibly .pab. These are your messages and personal address book. Save them to disk and you can import them back in later. Note that if you burn your .pst file to a CD, it will be set as read only. You'll need to copy it back to the hard drive and remove the read only attribute before Outlook can access it.

In Outlook Express, look for files named .dbx and .wab.

by yobosaeyo

I did a search for these files and came up empty! except for wab. I cannot seem to get the emails exported in whole! When I try and export all I end up with are the headers and not the bulk of the message. I would like to export complete folders including messages for backup. I remember how easy it was with the old version of netscape as all you had to do was copy the netscape user folder and you got everything. Think I might revert back to it in the future if this is going to be such a pain! But for now I need to get this one done.

by joe

Make sure also when you do the export process in OUTLOOK that subfolders is checked. In Outlook go to File/Import/Export - Export to a file. Choose PST and save it to a disk or cd and follow the previous answer above. The read /write option.

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