Backup e-mail messages

Setup a peer to peer to transfer the file. See some of these sites for info. Not sure what OS you have.

http://tinyurl.com/2a4sg

http://tinyurl.com/ypjkr

Backing up outlook express mail try this link:

http://tinyurl.com/3564a

IF both computers are at the same location, you can use direct cable connection to "network" the 2 computers and transfer files between them.

You need a "Data Transfer" cable for either USB, Serial, or Parallel ports.

If the new computer has Windows XP, you just need to set up the connection and use the file and settings transfer wizard on the XP box to get what you need.

Another alternative would be to remove the hard drive from the old computer and install it as a slave drive in the new computer.
Then, you can run Outlook Express and use the file import tool to get your mail files off of the old PC.
OE files are stored as .dbx files the exact storage location depends on the version of Windows on the old PC.
For W98, the location is along the lines of:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\User Name\{a string}

Then, you can use Windows Explorer to drop and drag any other files you want / need.

Chas

How about running a remote control over the Internet program like Go to My PC? then you could just copy the whole OE identity folder(s) (found by examining in OE Tools /Options/Maintenance/Store Folder. if you have more than one identity you will need to switch and write down each folder location.
then copy that over to destination pc and open oe and do import of messages, addresses.

Two aspects to this: first, how to back up from outlook express; and two, how to transfer it without storage media. The second step has to be done first - sign up for an online storage solution which lets you use somebody else's space on the web as though it was another drive on your computer. X-drive are the best known, but there are others (www.xdrive.com) - any web search on "free online storage" will pull a list up for you.
Once you're signed up with them, you need to find where OE6 stores your emails. This varies by OS, but is usually within a folder called Identities. Write yourself a message with something really unusual as subject, save it to drafts, then use explorer to find it. That should point the way. You then just COPY these folders, all of them, to the x-drive, making notes of the full path, and paste them into the xame path on the new pc.