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How to Backup Your Mail and Internet Address Book By Cathy Grammer-Margolin Reviews@NetSurferNews.com Every time you get an email or add a name to the address book on your Internet program, your Internet files change. Since these are important files (Do you want to type in all those names again? Or even can you?), they must be backed up periodically. The first step to backing up the Emails, Favorite Places and Address books are to identify these files. Here is a listing below of what the files are in each program (unless you changed the defaults to save it to some other place). 1. AOL users: In the AOL folder, everything is in the folder called "Organize" – back up entire directory backs up the favorite places, email and the address book In the AOL folder, "Download" folder is usually where the Downloaded files go. You may want to try Powertools Pro (keyword BPS or web page at: http://www.bpssoft.com/ ) to create an exportable/printable address book. (Free Trial Period: 20 days, Cost is about $24.95 if you register during the 20-day trial period). PowerTools software creates an Access database, which can then be exported to other email programs. This is especially useful if you plan to change E-mail providers. The Access database can then be printed or exported to Excel, etc. 2. Outlook Users: It is usually called outlook.pst - look in the C:\Windows folder for it. It has mail, address book, calendar, etc. 3. Outlook Express (using Windows 98) The file called inbox.dbx, etc. is usually found at C:\Windows\Application Data\Identities\ weird name(?)\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ and files like inbox.dbx, etc. 4. Netscape Users: Anything under: C:\Program Files\Netscape\users\YourScreenName Bookmark.htm is your bookmark (favorites file) \Mail\inbox is your inbox \Mail\sent is the mail you have sent 5. Internet Explorer Users C:\Windows\Favorites is where all your Favorite places are stored. 6. Eudora In the Eudora folder (usually). Back up each of these files in another drive, a backup hard drive, a removable drive, or even on a CD-ROM. Having to re-create your Address book or Favorite places is not a fun thing to do, so Back up these files often! |
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