[bcab] Re: Backing up OE data

Hi Leon,
backed up the message store as you described. When tried to restore it to a new machine, only in-box showed as expected, can't get sent items. Any ideas, 

Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:04 PM
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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