You also need to backup frequently, as in OE the message store is fragile
and very susceptible to destruction. If you are required to keep messages,
then you should do this daily.
steve
"Visitor" wrote in message
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I have been remiss.
There are two and a half years worth of e-mails with plenty of attachments
sitting in my outlook express 6.
I am required to save them for 10 years.
I have now saved them into folders for six month periods:
May – Dec 03 = 62,000 kb
Jan – June 04 = 216,000 kb
Jul – Dec 04 = 181,000 kb
Jan – Jun 05 = 204,000 kb
Jul – Dec 05 = 298,000 kb
Sometimes I have to go back and use some of the old messages.
I have read Mr. Hagen’s comments in another thread that “Keep user created
folders under 100MBâ€, so I guess I will have to divide the above into
smaller
folders.
1. Any suggested strategies for backing them up and storing them somewhere
else?
2. Any suggestions regarding whether to use an online storage system such
as
xdrive.com, buy another hard drive and connect it to my computer, or use
cds.
3. In another thread Dguess Wrote: Create a Backup folder. Copy the dbx
file
(drag and drop is a lot faster) from the message store folder to the
backup
folder. That's all that is needed.
Don’t I also have to back up the folder, inbox, sent items dbx files?
If I back up each of the folders I want, plus the above three, can I do so
to different compact disks and then if I need the files, can I copy each
folder from those disks to a single folder and somehow get outlook express
to
let me search each folder for the message I want?
4. Does the program at oehelp.com allow me to backup only selected
folders?
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
5. The inside outlook express process for backing up selected folders at
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...al.htm#folders
appears to copy the inbox, outbox and folder dbx files along with the
folder
I wanted to back up.
If I have 5 folders to back up, does it add the three above to each? Is
that
a problem when later I want to search them for particular messages?
6. Should I just upgrade my version of windows xp and use its backup
program? Would it allow me to backup the above selected files rather than
everything in my outlook express mail folders?
7. Should I just switch to Outlook? Would it allow me to backup the above
selected files rather than everything in my outlook express mail folders?
8. Yes, my plan is to back up and remove files more frequently. I think I
should keep six months around on my computer because my customers often
require me to refer to old e-mails.
Thank you very much for any guidance you may be able to provide.