If I want to look at my old messages which I have stored in another back up
folder how do I go about doing this?
If I bring it into Outlook Express will it just replace my current files
with the old ones?

thanks
D.

Safest and simplest way, IMHO, is to create another identity and import the
there.

Make sure the Read Only attribute is cleared for the dbx files, and
hopefully, you included Folders.dbx, or the import will likely fail and you
will have to bring them in manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dan" wrote in message
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If I want to look at my old messages which I have stored in another back
up folder how do I go about doing this?
If I bring it into Outlook Express will it just replace my current files
with the old ones?

thanks
D.

Thanks I'll give that a try.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Safest and simplest way, IMHO, is to create another identity and import
the there.

Make sure the Read Only attribute is cleared for the dbx files, and
hopefully, you included Folders.dbx, or the import will likely fail and
you will have to bring them in manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dan" wrote in message
...
If I want to look at my old messages which I have stored in another back
up folder how do I go about doing this?
If I bring it into Outlook Express will it just replace my current files
with the old ones?

thanks
D.

You can manually import dbx files via the method in the last paragraph on
this page: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

My OEX program makes it easier, as you just have to point to the dbx file on
a CD to import it into your current message store. www.oehelp.com/OEX/

steve

"Dan" wrote in message
...
If I want to look at my old messages which I have stored in another back
up folder how do I go about doing this?
If I bring it into Outlook Express will it just replace my current files
with the old ones?

thanks
D.