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How to Backup Your Mail and Internet Address Book
by By Cathy Grammer-Margolin, NOCCC , reviews@netsurfernews.com - February 22, 2001 at 13:05:54:
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?), and they must be backed up periodically.The first step to backing up the Emails, Favorite Places and Address books is to identify these files. Below is a listing 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”—backing up the entire directory backs up the favorite places, email and the address book
In the AOL folder “Download” is where the Downloaded files go usually.
You may want to try Powertools Pro (keyword BPS ) to create an exportable/printable address book (cost is about $25). PowerTools software creates an Access database, which can then be exported to other email programs..
2. Outlook Users—It is usually called outlook.pst, and is probably in the C:\Windows folder. 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 partition/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 up often!
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