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The question
often comes up, "What files do I have to back up in order
to back up my e-mail?" OK, so I don't have a life. So what?
Microsoft's
Outlook Express, the e-mail program that comes free with
Internet Explorer and seems to be the most popular, stores e-mail
in a series of .DBX files.
Each user on
the computer will have their own set of e-mail files. Each "Identity"
within Outlook Express has its own sub-set of e-mail files. To
find yours, do Start --> Search --> For Files or Folders
and search for files or folders named "*.DBX". There
will be 7 or more .DBX files for each user and each user's Identities
on your hard drive. THESE are the files you need to back up to
back up your e-mail.
Now, this is
a backup of JUST your e-mail, NOT your Address Book.
Your Address
Book (or books) is in a .WAB file somewhere on your hard
drive. Search for it like you did for the .DBX files and that,
again, is another file (or files) you should back up from time
to time.
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