easy way to backup OUTLOOK emails?

[slackerinabox]

I have around 200 emails, many with pictures, that I'd like to archive..Easiest way to do this with outlook(not outlook express)? I have been able to archive the text emails but not the ones with files/pictures attached.. Thanks!

 

[zimu]

there's a PST file that has all your emails, which will be under your profile in documents and settings. do a search for it, its called outlook.pst (if you use outlook, not express.)

it will have exaclty what is in all your emails. zip it up and send it.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: zimu
there's a PST file that has all your emails, which will be under your profile in documents and settings. do a search for it, its called outlook.pst (if you use outlook, not express.)

it will have exaclty what is in all your emails. zip it up and send it.

Awesome! Thanks!

 

[Ameesh]

copy the pst file

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: zimu
there's a PST file that has all your emails, which will be under your profile in documents and settings. do a search for it, its called outlook.pst (if you use outlook, not express.)

it will have exaclty what is in all your emails. zip it up and send it.

Weird, can't find the PST file at all..

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: zimu
there's a PST file that has all your emails, which will be under your profile in documents and settings. do a search for it, its called outlook.pst (if you use outlook, not express.)

it will have exaclty what is in all your emails. zip it up and send it.

Weird, can't find the PST file at all..

 

[kalster]

does anyone use outlook and have a LOT of emails in your inbox?

1 of my co-workers was telling me the other day tha , he has 2-3 k mails and because of everything being in 1 file it takes an IMMENSE amount of time to load


i use netscape mail myself, works well

 

[Bootprint]

Remember to always keep the .pst file under 2GB or you'll be sorry.

 

[Gravity]

I used outback plus 4. It does a nice backup and restore.

 

[slackerinabox]

Found it guys, 45 megs, not too bad I guess

 

[BigPoppa]

The text will compress nicely.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: kalster
does anyone use outlook and have a LOT of emails in your inbox?

1 of my co-workers was telling me the other day tha , he has 2-3 k mails and because of everything being in 1 file it takes an IMMENSE amount of time to load


i use netscape mail myself, works well

I use Outlook at work and have thousands of emails (but split across multiple folders). On my ancient P2-266 machine Outlook loads up in about 15 seconds. Emails are stored on the network, though.

 

[dighn]

you can export it by going into file->export too

 

[LordSnailz]

ouch - 1.142gigs ... any way I can archive this and start new again?

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
ouch - 1.142gigs ... any way I can archive this and start new again?

zip it up and put it somewhere else. try opening outlook. if it starts a new pst file, then great! 🙂

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: kalster does anyone use outlook and have a LOT of emails in your inbox? 1 of my co-workers was telling me the other day tha , he has 2-3 k mails and because of everything being in 1 file it takes an IMMENSE amount of time to load i use netscape mail myself, works well

I use Outlook at work and have thousands of emails (but split across multiple folders). On my ancient P2-266 machine Outlook loads up in about 15 seconds. Emails are stored on the network, though.

yeh you are using IMAP as opposed to to POP

 

[ucdnam]

Emails being stored on the network may mean that is where he stores his pst file. We do that at my work place. No important files are stored locally, so when there is hardware failure or any other problem, we can either reimage it and reload outlook w/o backing up info or just give the person a new machine.

The same can be done with Eudora.

Anyway, to answer the person's question, just back up the pst file. Your address book, tasks, calendar, and email will all be in there. There are several ways to restore it, so check up on that too.

 

[phonemonkey]

Originally posted by: kalster
does anyone use outlook and have a LOT of emails in your inbox?

1 of my co-workers was telling me the other day tha , he has 2-3 k mails and because of everything being in 1 file it takes an IMMENSE amount of time to load


i use netscape mail myself, works well

I had over 7k at one point (really lazy about deleting stuff), that measured about 4 gigs, and it would take maybe 30 seconds to load my inbox.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Remember to always keep the .pst file under 2GB or you'll be sorry.

hehe, we have dumb@sses at work that have hit that problem

 

[MaxDSP]

I use Outlook Express 6 right now, but does Outlook 2000 now support POP3 Hotmail accounts, or still not yet?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
I use Outlook Express 6 right now, but does Outlook 2000 now support POP3 Hotmail accounts, or still not yet?

Outlook 2k3 does. As does Outlook 2002.

 

[NightCrawler]

I have to say that Outlook 2003 is a great email client, love the anti-spam features.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
I have to say that Outlook 2003 is a great email client, love the anti-spam features.

I'm amazed at how well it works at the lowest setting. The highest setting has to filter everything.😉

 

[ucdnam]

Outlook 2k3 also takes care of the 2gb pst file size limit. We have users approaching it and had to upgrade them.