| If you are like me, you have kept every | | | | 5. Left click your Start Button and click Run, click |
| important email that you have ever sent or | | | | into the box that opens up and press CTRL+V |
| received since the beginning of the computer age. | | | | and then OK. |
| I have all my emails sorted in folders by the | | | | 6. A window will open up with all your email in it |
| name of the person and/or business and I | | | | by folder. At the top of the screen Click Edit, |
| religiously file all sent or received emails into their | | | | Select ALL. Click Edit, Copy, and close the window. |
| proper folders. By doing this I keep my in box | | | | 7. Create an empty folder on your desktop by |
| fairly clean and I can find old emails pretty quick | | | | Right Clicking empty space, Left click New then |
| when I need to. | | | | Folder. An empty folder will be created on your |
| At any given time some stupid hacker could | | | | desktop that you can rename to EmailBackup or |
| infiltrate your system or something else could | | | | whatever you like. |
| happen to cause your system to be wiped out. If | | | | 8. Double click into your new backup folder and |
| that happens, you will want a way to keep most | | | | right click into the space and then left click paste. |
| of your old emails. | | | | Copies of all your email files are now in your |
| You should consider making a backup of all your | | | | backup folder. |
| emails to a zip file or even burned onto a CD at | | | | 9. You can now zip the whole folder and/or burn |
| least once or twice a year. If you do this properly | | | | it to a CD for really safe keeping. I like to add the |
| and a tragedy occurs, you can restore your email | | | | date of creation to my zip file name (ie: |
| using your backup. | | | | EmailBackup-20070816.zip). |
| This will only work if you are using Microsoft | | | | Restore Email from Back Up File |
| Outlook Express. | | | | |
| With Notebook Computers buy what you need | | | | 1. Put your unzipped backup folder onto your |
| when you need it as there will always be newer, | | | | desktop. |
| cheaper and faster models being released | | | | 2. Start Outlook Express and then Left click File, |
| everyday. | | | | Import and then to Messages. |
| Backing up your emails | | | | 3. In the Select an Email Program to import from |
| | | | box, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5 or |
| 1. Start Up Outlook Express. | | | | Microsoft Outlook Express 6, click on next. |
| 2. Click Tools, Options. | | | | 4. Click on the Import mail from an OE5 store |
| 3. Find the Maintenance Tab and then click on | | | | directory or the Import mail from an OE5 store |
| Store Folder. | | | | directory, and then click ok. |
| 4. A Store location dialog box should appear with | | | | 5. Click on Browse and then the mail backup |
| the full address to where your emails are being | | | | folder on your desktop. |
| store on your computer. Highlight this address and | | | | 6. Click on OK and then the Next Button. |
| press the CTRL+C keys or right click copy. Click | | | | 7. Click on the ALL Folders and then Next and |
| cancel to close the dialog box. | | | | finally Finish. |