| Email loss causes majority of business loss, to | | | | follows |
| overcome the common problem the backup of | | | | 1. Start Outlook Express |
| Outlook Express mails can be taken regularly and this | | | | 2. Go to the Tools menu, |
| article is aimed at explaining you how you can backup | | | | 3. Open the Options dialog box. |
| your Outlook Express mails (Since, Outlook Express | | | | 4. In the Options dialog box, Select the Maintenance |
| lacks a backup option). Outlook Express the widely | | | | page |
| used email program is usually installed with the | | | | 5. Click the Store Folder button. Here you can find |
| Windows operating system. Outlook Express is fairly | | | | the path to the folder containing your emails. To |
| easy to use, but finding and backing up the emails | | | | open the folder, copy the path and paste in the |
| can be a little more complicated. Since there are a | | | | address field of the Windows File Manager. You |
| large number of files and folders on a computer | | | | should see a number of .dbx files (depending upon |
| running Windows, the first problem is to find the files | | | | the number of folders created) and possibly some |
| containing the emails. Outlook Express stores emails in | | | | other files, too. After locating the email folder, you |
| .dbx files and it stores and maintains different dbx | | | | can simply select all the files, copy them and paste it |
| files depending upon the email folders created in | | | | to a new location or you can take the backup on |
| Outlook Express.In Windows 98, you can probably | | | | another hard disk, a CDRW, a DVD or a network |
| locate your emails somewhere in the Windows | | | | drive.How to backup Address Book |
| directory. In Windows 2000 and XP, emails are usually | | | | 1. Select Tools >> Address Book... from the menu in |
| stored somewhere in the user data or application | | | | Outlook Express. |
| data folder. The common reasons for email loss are | | | | 2. Choose File >> Export >> Other Address Book... |
| virus attack, software malfunction, power failures, | | | | from the address book's menu. |
| human error and hard drive failure.One can easily | | | | 3. Select Text File (Comma Separated Values) as |
| save and backup the emails, attachments, address | | | | the export format. |
| book and other important data from within the email | | | | 4. Click Export. |
| client to a CDRW or DVD; otherwise in case of a | | | | 5. Select the location you want to export your |
| computer problem the user will find himself in the | | | | address book to using the browse... button. |
| impossibility to get them back, and this can be a | | | | 6. Give your backup copy a meaningful name. |
| really unwanted situation especially for web | | | | 7. Click Next. |
| community or people who rely on their emails. | | | | 8. Select the fields you want to include in your |
| Unfortunately the common practice among us is that | | | | backup. |
| we actually start to do backup copies only after we | | | | 9. Select Finish. |
| lose data.The simple way to find out and locate the | | | | 10. Click OK to finish.If you have not backed up you |
| actual path where your emails are stored is as | | | | emails so, take a backup now. |