Exporting emails from Outlook Express to Outlook Express

[Bathead]

I have a huge quantity of emails with attachments in Outlook Express. I want to be able to export/save these messages in order to open up on another PC using Outlook Express. Is it possible? I see I can export to Outlook but that is no good to me.

 

[trilby274]

Try this link - it is number 1 in the list (at the bottom)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx

 

[computer storm]

To backup your Outlook Express email messages, follow this procedure:

Open Outlook Express. On the Tools menu, click Options.

1. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
2. Select the folder location (hold down left mouse button and drag across the folder name from left to right) then press CTRL+C to copy the location.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Note: Part of the folder name may be hidden, so be sure to copy the entire string. In a typical Outlook Express installation, the folder name will be something like this, but the characters in the brackets will be different for each computer:
   C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{3D3B1757-A978FC42}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
   
   
   
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3. Click Cancel twice to close the dialog box.
4. Close Outlook Express.
5. Click Start, and then click Run.
6. In the Open box, press CTRL+V to paste in the folder name, then click OK.
7. When the folder opens in a new window, click Edit, then Select All.
   
   To backup your Microsoft Outlook Express address book, follow this procedure:

1. Click File, Export, then Address Book.
2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), then Export.
3. In the File Name box, type C:\addrbook.csv, then click Next and Finish.

If you want to go beyond backing up your messages and address book, you can also back up your email account information. This includes your email username, password, mail servers and other settings that you specified when creating the account in Outlook Express. To backup your account data, follow this procedure:

1. Click Tools, then Accounts
2. Click the Mail tab, then select the account you want to export
3. Click Export
4. In the Save In box, type C:\ACCTNAME.iaf, then click Next and Finish. (The "ACCTNAME" will be the actual account name, already filled in for you -- no need to change it.)
5. Locate the C:\ACCTNAME.iaf file using My Computer, then drag it to any removable media

 

[Dawg]

Amic do a free download that saves all your settings and mails in several email packages, one of which is Outlook Express.
Download Amic, use it to save all the Outlook Express files. Copy files across to another computer, install Amic on that computer, restore files to new Outlook Express . Ta Da!
The only thing it doesn't transfer/save are passwords. Useful bit of kit.

 

[That Guy]

Amic do a free download that saves all your settings and mails in several email packages, one of which is Outlook Express.
Download Amic, use it to save all the Outlook Express files. Copy files across to another computer, install Amic on that computer, restore files to new Outlook Express . Ta Da!
The only thing it doesn't transfer/save are passwords. Useful bit of kit.

Thanks for that link! Been looking for something that backs up more than one email client

 

[Bathead]

thanks guys, i'll give it a go. Lot's of good info.

 

[Bathead]

Well I tried Amic but it appeared to only want to export everything which I didn't want (maybe because it was the free trial). So what I did was copy to USB stick all my *dbx files I needed. On the other PC created a new email identity without running the wizard and found the correct path for the *.dbx files. Dumped them in there and deleted the folder.dbx. Restart OE switch identity and there they are!!

Chuffed!!