Back up - Mail Accounts

These instructions will show you how to back up your e-mails from within Outlook Express, this is useful for security purposes.

It may be easier to follow if you print this page before starting.

• Open Outlook Express
• Click the Tools menu and select Options
• In the dialogue box that appears, click on the Maintenance tab and then the Store Folder button
• This opens the Store Location dialog box, where you'll see the location path for the folder where your messages are stored
• Highlight this path and copy it by pressing the Ctrl and C keys simultaneously on the keyboard
• Click Cancel, then Cancel again
• Click Start (green start button, lower left of the main screen) and select Run
• When the Run dialog box appears, make sure the cursor is blinking in the box next to Open
• Press the Ctrl and V keys simultaneously
• Click OK
• A Windows Explorer-type box wiIl appear with the Outlook Express data folder open
• Click the Edit menu and then Select All
• This highlights all the files in this folder.
• Go back to the Edit menu and this time select Copy, then close the window
• Next you need to create a folder for storing your backups:
• Open My Documents and make a new file with a suitable name (eg: Mail Store)
• With the folder open or selected click EDIT and then PASTE
• Your mail files are now stored
• Please note that they are stored in a different part of your disk, but theya re still on the disk itself - you should back up My Documents to a seperate, removable disk and store that in a safe place for better security.