[bcab] Re: Backing up OE data

Tim and Leon,

The only annoyance with manually backing up the .dbx files in this manner is 
the restoration.

As far as I know simply placing them back in a folder under the same OE 
Identity name doesn't' make them show in OE.  This is because they're not in 
the registry.

Correct if I'm wrong but the restoration steps used to be.

1.  Open OE and create an identity with the same name as you had before.

2.  Go to the identities sub folder under documents and settings/username etc 
and paste the dbx in here.

3.  Open OE and create a folder with the exact name as previously, eg BCAB had 
by the mailbox.

Interact with the mailbox in some way, eg go in and out of it's properties with 
alt enter.

4.  Close OE.

When you re-launch OE you'll see the created dbx housing all your mails.

This is not so bad with 3 or 4 db's but when you've got 30+ is quite lengthy.

An automation tool like Outlook Express Backup Wizard cuts this out for you.

Barry.
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involve me and I will understand. 

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Barry Toner
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-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 26 May 2008 21:04
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Backing up OE data

Hi Tim what I'd do first of all is set O E's default store folder to an easy to 
access location. 
Then export your address book and mail account settings to the same location, 
and lastly make a mirror copy of the whole folder on a different drive.  That 
way you can back up messages, contacts and mail accounts in one swoop.

To set the message store location to a friendly one, firstly create a folder 
e.g. in the root of your C drive. Then go into O E's Tools menu, options, 
maintenance tab, and press ALT F for the 
"store folder" button.  Browse to the created folder, then tab to OK & press 
space bar.    You'll 
need to restart outlook express for the migration to happen, however once done 
at least all your store mail folders are in an easily reachable place.

Then, call up the address book and choose "file menu, export, address book 
*.wab".  Save it to the created folder.
Then go into tools menu accounts, select any account and press ALT E for the 
export button.  This will export a complete account's settings as a ".iaf"  
file, (which if needed can be re-imported 
later on, e.g. after a format).   Save this also, to the created folder.

Lastly quit O E then copy the entire folder to a different drive or even burn 
it to a CD.  Anytime you wish to update your email backup in future you can 
simply do the same again.

The only things not backed up in this process are the blocked senders list and 
any message rules.  I believe you would need a third party backup program if 
you need to back those up as well.

H T H - Leon Gilbert
Editor, www.vipnews.org.uk


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Gebbels" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "BCAB" <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: [bcab] Backing up OE data


Hi Listers.  Can anyone help?  A recent near death experience in hard disc 
terms has refocused me on
the need to back up data which I'm quite good about anyway but I've never been 
able to figure out
how to back up Outlook Express folders.
If I try the export option under File in the menu bar I first of all get asked 
to ok the data going
to Ms outlook or Ms exchange but when I ok this the export could not be 
performed because of an
error initialising MAPI.  What does this mean?
I have a memory that all my OE folders exist with a DBX extension in a folder 
somewhere.  Would it
simply be enough to cut and paste this folder, or the OE folders individually 
onto my back up drive?
Any knowledge welcome.  Thank you.
Regards
Tim Gebbels


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