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...also from Microsoft.
How to Back Up Mail Folders Copy the entire folder that contains the .mbx files to another folder: Quit Outlook Express. Create a new folder to store the idx, .mbx, and Folders.nch files in. For example: C:\Backup
For information about how to create a folder, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type new folder, and then double-click the New Folders topic.
NOTE: You do not have to create a new folder, you can use a folder that already exists. To locate the mail message store folder of Outlook Express 4, click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. In the Named box, type *.mbx, and then click Find Now. Note the location of the Inbox.mbx file in the In Folder column of the search results. These folders are usually found in a location such as: drive:\Program Files\Outlook Express\username\Mail drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Mail drive:\Windows\Profiles\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Mail
NOTE: There may be more than one Inbox.mbx file, which indicates that you have mulitiple storage folders. Note the location of all the Inbox.dbx files, and back up all of the folders that contain .mbx and .idx files. It is important that you back up the entire contents of the Outlook Express store folder, especially if you want to import the files into an updated version of Outlook Express. Without the .idx files, the .mbx files (which contain the actual messages) cannot be imported into Outlook Express 5 or later. For each message store folder that you find, copy the folder that contains the files to the folder that you created in step 2. If the names of these folders are the same, you can rename them immediately after you copy them (for example, Mail Backup1, Mail Backup2, or some other obvious naming scheme.)
For information about how to copy a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type copying, and then double-click the Files or folders topic. For additional information about backing up mail folders, click Contents And Index on the Help menu in Outlook Express, click the Index tab, type backing up mail folders, and then click Display.
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