Email storage in Outlook Express

Dave_46

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OK, my computer failed, the power supply fried the motherboard. It isn't going to be worth repairing, so I am replacing. I have rescued most of my data by removing the hard drive, and installing it in a USB "caddy".

My problem is that I don't know where Outlook Express stored my Emails, so I haven't been able to access them. I've tried searching for .eml files without success. Can anyone point me in the right direction for these files.

Thanks

Dave
 
Outlook Express does not store emails in seperate .EML files. You should search for .DBX files. Use the search function, because they are usually in some very obscure folder. Every "folder" in Outlook Express is a seperate .DBX file, so one .DBX can contain many email messages. Once you found the .DBX files, copy them to a safe place. You may want to copy the other files in the same obscure folder as well, because it contains your adressbook and stuff.

Once you have a set up a new system with Outlook Express on it, you can use the "Maintainance" tab in the "Options" menu to choose the "Archive-folder". Set the "Archive-folder" to the folder where you secured the .DBX files, and Outlook Express has access to all your old emails.
 
Dave, Now that you have your new computer configured, I recommend you forget about Outlook Express completely and get yourself a Gmail account.

PM me your email addy and I'll send you an invite if you like.
 
Reno said:
Dave, Now that you have your new computer configured, I recommend you forget about Outlook Express completely and get yourself a Gmail account.
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If Dave has his email on his own domain, could he still use gmail as you recommend to him?
 
I don't see why not. Especially if he uses Firefox. The add-ons for Gmail allow you to be logged into an infinite number of email clients which will scan periodically(you set how often. Mine is set to scan every account at 5 min intervals) and pop you up a little message informing you that you have mail.
 
Reno said:
Dave, Now that you have your new computer configured, I recommend you forget about Outlook Express completely and get yourself a Gmail account.
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Gmail is not an alternative to Outlook Express. It is different thing entirely: an email provider. I use Outlook Express with my GMail account. Works very nicely.

Reno said:
Especially if he uses Firefox.
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I fail to see what Firefox has anything to do with it.

I think what stormer is asking is whether someone can receive on a GMail account what has been sent to an adress with a different domain. It is of course possible to automatically forward email from one adress to another, depending on settings of the email server, but that is not something that has anything to do with GMail.
 
Ah, apologies. I should have seperated my comments about Firefox.

I meant that, as you say Earthborn, "It is of course possible to automatically forward email from one adress to another", if you use a web-based mail account, such as Gmail, then Firefox has many add-on features that make collecting, reading, storing, and just about any kind of manipulation of email you need simple, time-saving and hassle-free.

I don't claim to be any kind of business email user or computer techie wizard. I just know that I have separate accounts for business, friends, family, spam and leisure and I never miss an email.
 
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