Under what filename and in what folder does Outlook Express store my
old e-mail, which
I'd like to back up? Mac OS9.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 22 Sep 2005 17:52 PDT

ianbooks...

I'm not sure if your version of OE will have this, but I 
think it will:

First, compact OE folders by highlighting the main Outlook
Express folder and then by: File -> Folders -> Compact All Folders.

Then locate your storage folder by going to Tools -> Options -> 
Maintenance tab -> Store Folder button. You can copy and paste
the text of the location into a text program like notepad.

Let me know if this works for you.

sublime1-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 22 Sep 2005 17:55 PDT

I meant to add that all the folders in OE will have a filename
in the location specified that has a .dbx extension. There will
also be a Folders.dbx file that contains information about the
folder structure. You want to back up everything in the folder
cited in the Store Folder location.

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Clarification of Question by ianbooks-ga on 22 Sep 2005 18:13 PDT

No, sorry, you must be talking about the OS X or Windows version.
There is no "Store" or anything like it in my OE folder. I checked the
Help pane about folders, it says mail is stored in Local Folders on my
hard disk (which I already knew) but gives no info about where they're
stored or what they're named.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 22 Sep 2005 20:58 PDT

ianbooks...

I'm not positive, but if OE on a Mac is the same program,
it will have files with a .dbx extension. A search for those
in Local Folders should point you to the storage folder.

Let me know...

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by ianbooks-ga on 23 Sep 2005 06:18 PDT

No, I'm afraid there are o files on my hard disk with suffix .dbx.
Must be specific to Windows.