[vip_students] Re: Tutorial:Backing Up OE Mails and address book
- From: Gary Worn <garyworn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:58:50 +0100
Cheers Paul.
Thank you, perfect job done.
Gary
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On 16 Aug 2011, at 09:45, "\(NCBI\) Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> I took the below instructions from a Microsoft web site:
>
> How to back up Outlook Express items
> Step 1: Copy message files to a backup folder
> Step A: Locate the Store folder
>
> 1. Start Outlook Express.
> 2. Click Tools, and then click Options.
> 3. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
> 4. In the Store Location dialog box, copy the store location. To do this,
> follow these steps:
>
> a. Put the mouse pointer at one end of the box under the Your personal
> message store is located in the following folder box.
> b. Press and hold the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer
> across the Your personal message store is located in the following folder
> box.
> c. Press CTRL+C to copy the location.
>
>
> 5. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.
>
> Step B: Copy the contents of the Store folder
> list of 3 items
> 1. Click Start, click Run, press CTRL+V, to paste in the location that you
> earlier copied which is the location of the emails store folder and then
> click OK.
> 2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
> 3. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.
>
> Step C: Create a backup folder
> list of 2 items
> 1. Right-click any empty area on your desktop, click New, and then click
> Folder.
> 2. Type Mail Backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
>
> Step D: Paste the contents of the Store folder into the backup folder
>
> 1. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
> 2. Right-click inside the Mail Backup folder window, and then click Paste.
>
>
> Step 2: Export the Address Book to a .csv file
> Important Make sure that you follow this step if you use multiple identities
> in Outlook Express.
>
> Microsoft Outlook Express 5.x and Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 use a
> Windows Address Book (.wab) file to store Address Book data. The individual
> data
> for each identity is stored in a folder by user name within the .wab file
> that is used.
>
> The only way to separate the Address Book data for different identities is
> to export the data to a .csv file while you are logged in as a specific
> identity.
> If the .wab file becomes dissociated from the user identities, the data can
> be exported only as one total. In this case, the data cannot be exported
> folder
> by folder.
>
> There is another reason to export the .wab file to a .csv file. If the .wab
> file not exported to a .csv file, but the .wab file is shared with Microsoft
> Outlook, the addresses are stored in the personal folders (.pst) file in
> Outlook. When you export the file to a .csv file by using the File menu in
> Outlook
> Express, the correct contacts are exported. However, if the Address Book is
> shared with Outlook, you cannot use the File menu option to export from the
> Address Book. This option is unavailable.
>
> To export the Address Book to a .csv file, follow these steps:
>
> 1. On the File menu, click Export, and then click Address Book.
> 2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
> 3. Click Browse.
> 4. Select the Mail Backup folder that you created.
> 5. In the File Name box, type address book backup, and then click Save.
> 6. Click Next.
> 7. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export,
> and then click Finish.
> 8. Click OK, and then click Close.
>
>
> Step 3: Export the mail account to a file
>
> 1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
> 2. On the Mail tab, click the mail account that you want to export, and then
> click Export.
> 3. In the Save In box, select the Mail Backup folder, and then click Save.
> 4. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to export.
> 5. Click Close.
>
>
> Step 4: Export the newsgroup account to a file
>
> 1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
> 2. On the News tab, click the news account that you want to export, and then
> click Export.
> 3. In the Save In box, select the Mail Backup folder, and then click Save.
> 4. Repeat these steps for each news account that you want to export.
> 5. Click Close.
>
>
> How to restore Outlook Express items
> Note To restore items when you use multiple identities in Outlook Express,
> you may have to re-create the identities before you follow these steps.
> Repeat
> each step as needed for each identity.
>
> Step 1: Import messages from the backup folder
> 1. On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
> 2. In the Select an e-mail program to import from box, click Microsoft
> Outlook Express 5 or Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then click Next.
> 3. Click Import mail from an OE5 store directory or Import mail from an OE6
> store directory, and then click OK.
> 4. Click Browse, and then click the Mail Backup folder.
> 5. Click OK, and then click Next.
> 6. Click All folders, click Next, and then click Finish.
>
>
> Step 2: Import the Address Book file
> 1. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Other Address Book.
> 2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Import.
> 3. Click Browse.
> 4. Select the Mail Backup folder, click the address book backup.csv file,
> and then click Open.
> 5. Click Next, and then click Finish.
> 6. Click OK, and then click Close.
>
> Step 3: Import the mail account file
> 1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
> 2. On the Mail tab, click Import.
> 3. In the Look In box, select the Mail Backup folder.
> 4. Click the mail account that you want to import, and then click Open.
> 5. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to import.
> 6. Click Close.
>
>
> Step 4: Import the newsgroup account file
> 1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
> 2. On the News tab, click Import.
> 3. In the Look In box, select the Mail Backup folder.
> 4. Click the news account that you want to import, and then click Open.
> 5. Repeat these steps for each news account that you want to import.
> 6. Click Close.
>
>
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