Most small businesses and home users do not need an expensive solution for data backup purchase. They can simply copy important files to a CD or DVD, and as an information loss occurs, they can still easily.
If only for reproduction of documents, pictures and other files, not the same thing for email, attachments, address book, stationery and other relevant information from your Outlook Express mail client.
This article explains how each can be a manual of Outlook Express Backup (because Outlook Express does not propose to create an integrated backup function) This email program is usually installed with the Windows operating system and is probably one of the most use of email programs today.
1. Backup emails
In Outlook Express e-mails are stored in files with the extension DBX. The best way to find files to Outlook Express and select the menu Tools | Options | Maintenance and click Store Folder. Here you find the path to the folder containing your emails.
This procedure works for all types of e-mail: SMTP / POP3, IMAP, MAPI or Hotmail account (some messages may be stored on the Hotmail server).
To store all e-mails and attachments you a copy of the dbx files in the folder.
2. Account Settings:
Details on your e-mail and news accounts are stored in the registry. To find them, start regedit and select the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Account Manager” on the left. To save this data, select the menu: Registry | Export Registry. Save file a name like “accounts.reg.
3. Mail rules
The rules in Outlook Express are stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry in the identities \ “key. To save this data, select the menu: Registry | Export Registry. Save the file a name like rules.reg.
4. Directory
The backup address book is easy to do. It is stored in files with extension WBA. To view the address book instead of, you open Outlook Express and select the menu File | Export | Address Book and select the text file separated by commas as the output format. Click Export, select the folder where the backup will be saved and put the name of the backup file. Then click Next and select the fields you want included in your backup. Click Finish and your backup is ready.
5. Stationery
The location of Outlook Express stationery is stored in a registry key. To find it, you open Regedit, find “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Shared Tools \ Stationery button and watch” Stationery Folder “value. You will find the path to the folder stationery. To save the stationery, you need all the files in that folder.
If you think too hard manual backups, you can use a backup software tool, the work can be much easier. Outlook Express Backup Expert is a product that can be used to easily backup Outlook Express. It saves your emails, attachments, address book, signatures, blocked, mail rules, stationery, invoices and institutions. The biggest advantage of e-mail software for automatic backup is using the calendar function that will create backups at specific times without user intervention. The disadvantage of using a automatic email backup utility is that it costs money, usually about 20-30 USD single payment, while the manual backups are of course free.
The conclusion is that the backup e-mail is a critical operation for each user.