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Is it possible?

Feb 27, 2004 10:23AM PST

Oh thank you so much Grif for answering my request. I appreciated Kees answer but it seemed out of context to what I inquired about. Thanks for laymen explanation
on what/how to do.
I have cable internet which is becoming TOO expensive for the ordinary non-working disable. I will be halting
their service when this particular promotion runs out next month. My DVD reader burned out on me, but I do have a 12x10x32x CD r/w burn-proof CD-Rom, also have a
100mb Zip drive. I have a lot of stored e-mails which I
do not want to lose, but with OE I am having trouble saving them to disc or disk. Can U formulate a way that
I can save these files? Also If I used the Zip drive, how can I tell when the disk is capacitated? I would not want it to reach a full capacity when half of the file is loaded and not the complete file. Thanks again
Grif You're the best. This is also along with the rest of the guys, too now. lol

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Re:Is it possible? Yes.
Feb 27, 2004 1:07PM PST

If you want to save individual emails, you can simply drag a particular email to say, a folder you've created on your desktop; give the folder a descriptive name. Each individual letter will have an envelope icon. If you use an RW disk, I'd suggest formatting the RW with packet writing software like InCd or DirectCD so you can treat the disk like a floppy so you can add/delete as you please. To check on how much space you have left on the disk- whether it be a RW or zip you can open up my computer and you should see how much space has been used, and how much is free.

If you're talking about backing up your entire OE mailbox, use your find function and typing *.dbx - this will give you all the folders of your OE mailbox. You can then burn/copy them to disk. Or go to Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store folder to find out where your dbx files are. You can either import them back to that folder, or simply copy them back in if you have a computer crash. I hope this answers your question. BTW- I believe I've seen free OE mail backup utilities in the download section of CNET; personally, I use a $40 program made by Genie-Soft, but there's no reason you have to spend money if you're on a budget. Good luck.

Brandon

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Re:Is it possible?
Feb 27, 2004 1:09PM PST

Georq,

Glad we could help on your other problem. Now, in regard to saving e-mail messages. I've done it a couple of different ways, depending on how many messages I need to save.

1. If there are only a few, and you want to save them all individually as a .eml file....First, create a folder on your desktop, titled "Saved Messages" or something similar. Next, Open Outlook Express, then, without opening the message, click once on the message in the "Inbox" to highlight it, then click on "File" in the upper left, choose "Save As". When the "Save As" window loads, in the "Save In" line, make sure your new folder is designated by using the drop down arrow. In the "Save as type" line, make sure it says: "Mail [.eml]". And give the file a name in the "File Name" line, then click on the "Save" button.

Repeat this process for each message you want to save. You can open any of these messages at a later time, on any computer, by double clicking on the message, AS LONG AS you have Outlook Express installed on the computer.

2. If you have a large number of messages, follow the procedures in Microsoft's instructions at the link below:

OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data

Whether copying these files to a CD-R or a zip disk, only entire files will copy over. A zip disk will simply stop when it can't copy the entire file and tell you it's full. CD-R software will normally notify you prior to the copy if there isn't sufficient space.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Free Outlook Express backup program
Feb 27, 2004 11:39PM PST
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