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 How to Backup Your Email Account
Settings in Outlook Express
By Mitz
Here's a great and simple tip to
backup your email account settings so you do not have to manually set it up
every time you format or get a new computer.
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Open Outlook Express
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On the Tools menu,
click Accounts.
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On the Mail tab, choose
the mail account that you want to export. Mine is called Bigpond.
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Then click Export
from the right side menu
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In the Save In box, the
file name will be filled in for you. It usually gets saved to My Documents.
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Then click Save
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Copy this file
to your backup disk
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Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to
export.
 To restore this account to a new computer
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Insert your backup disk
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Open Outlook Express
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On the Tools menu,
click Accounts
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Choose the Mail tab
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Then click on Import and locate the file (on
your backup disc)
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Click on your file. That's it. Now you can check
your email.
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