OE Info Backup/USB data transfer
I wish to backup my email history by transferring the data with my thumb drive to another computer, and, compile and manipulate the info in a text file? Can do?
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Not in one text file, as in Outlook. You can copy a whole folder of DBX files to new drive
Account Settings
From the old OE toolbar, select Tools > Accounts > Export.
To transfer your email:
1. Search old hard drive for "*.dbx" and note the folder these files are in.
2. Open OE and click File > Import > Messages > Outlook Express 5 or 6 > Import Mail from an OE 5 or 6 Store Directory > Browse and navigate to the folder on the old drive which holds your DBX files.
Address Book
1. Search old hard drive for *.wab.
2. In the new OE click File > Import > Address Book and point to the file you found on the old drive.
How to Move Mail Folders Between Two Computers in
OLEXP: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q257/4/99.asp
Best wishes!