How do I export email address book and saved emails in Outlook Express?

Question

I want to burn them on to disk or store them on a memory stick.
Well anyway I want them backed up.

Answer 1

To export the address book:
Go to Tools --> Address Book (Ctrl+Shift+B)

Then go to File --> Export --> Other Address Book

Select Text File (Comma Separated Values)

Click the "Export" button and follow instructions.

There is no way to export mail messages to a different format. However, you can back them up in native format to a flash drive or external hard disk (or burn them onto a CD or DVD). To do this:

Look in your Documents and Settings folder on your C: drive for files with the extension .dbx. They are usually buried several sub-folders deep so the best thing to do is use the Search feature (Start --> Search). If you know how to specify where to search (Advanced options) point the search to C:\Documents and Settings to speed up the search.

Once all the .dbx files are found click any of them and hit Ctrl+A. This will select all of them. You can then copy them (Ctrl+C) and paste them to your flash drive or different disk drive.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

The-doubleC is correct, just make sure you do it for both the e-mails and the addresses (as a .csv file [comma delimited], as they cannot be exported to the same file. This really is the best method, and then you simply import them into Outlook Express on the new PC. You can also run a search on your computer and find files ending in .mbx, and copy all the files in that directory. Those are the actual files that Outlook Express uses to store everything, and if you paste them into the same directory in the new computer you will have everything you need right off.