aarrrgggggghhhhh...going mad : ( outlook express question..pls help!!!!

[eyedea]

Hi everybody,
I know this has nothing to do with flash - but FK is the one place I always get help from all you lovely people - so I thought I'd ask anyway.....

In the middle of working on a site, coming close to the dealine, as well ... my Mac crashed... won't reckonise the startup disk. I'm running OSX (currently started up from the partition with OS9) -tried everything I could think of, now decided to reinstall everything....

I have backed up all my stuff - but the one thing I don't know how to back up is my e-mails....
I've asked a few of my friends but they've got PCs and Outlook is different,
Does anyone know how to save or export e-mail from the Inbox in OutlokExpress on the Mac ?
There must be a way!!!!!????!!!! Like exporting Contacts....

Any help would be GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for listening!
Prisca

[zeb]

Hi eyedea,

To keep all your contacts, mails and all the other stuff about outlook express, you just have to back-up a folder called "user(s)" or something like that (I'm using a french version of Outlook... so... ). This Folder is supposed to be on the same level as the application is. So, just back-up it, and then replace it when you'll finish to reinstall outlook...

Hope it's understandable...

Tchao,
ZeB

[eyedea]

Zeb, thanks for getting back to me on this

Unfortunately I couldn't find the folder you were talking about... but at least I know what to look for... maybe I'll find it

Thanks again
Prisca

[SJT]

I think what you need is in your documents folder, it's called Microsoft User Data ("/Users/eyedea/Documents/Microsoft\ User\ Data/").

In there is a folder called Identities, this has all your mail data stuff in it, but you might as well back up the whole folder just in case.

[eyedea]

Thanks SJT,
i just reinstalled everything, after having backed up the important e-mails one by one... - on open outlook express - I got the window to specify the users folder up... DOH.... never even remembered about that...

Thanks anyway

and happy flashin'
Prisca