[bcab] Re: Backing up OE data

Hi Leon,
when I try that, I get the message that there are either no messages or another app is using the files. 

Because I hav O E open,I think that's what it might be, but, it's catch 22.

Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:44 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: Backing up OE data
Hi Tom, you need to reimport the messages of course, if you are running a new O E installation.
Choose File menu, import messages, then arrow down to Microsoft Outlook express 6, and press enter.
Then press Alt D to check the option for "import mail from an OE 6 store directory", and press enter 
again.
In the next screen tab once to the browse button, browse to your store folder in the tree view, and 
press enter again.
You will then be able to select either specific folders, or the default choice is all folders.
When you press enter on the "Next" button it should hopefully import all folders successfully. 

H T H - Leon.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Reid" <Tom.Reid2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: [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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