This article describes how to restore your messages,
Address Book, mail accounts, and news accounts in Outlook Express 5
and later.
If multiple Identities are in use for Outlook Express,
these steps should be repeated for each Identity from a
segregated backup folder accordingly. This will facilitate restoration of each
Identity.
To Restore Outlook Express
Data you will need to:
• Import messages from the backup folder
• Import the Address Book to a file
• Import the mail account to a file
• Import the news account to a file
# Importing Outlook Express data
To restore data, you may need to re-create the Identities for each
user, prior to using the following steps. Repeat each step, as
needed, for each Identity.
Import Messages from the Backup Folder - To import your Outlook
Express e-mail messages from the Backup folder:
1. On the File menu, point to Import, and
then click Messages. 2. In the Select an e-mail program to import from box, click
Microsoft Outlook Express 5 or Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then
click Next. 3. Click Import mail from an OE5 store directory or Import
mail from an OE6 store directory, and then click OK. 4. Click Browse, and then click on the Mail Backup folder on
your desktop. 5. Click OK, and then click Next. 6. Click All folders, click Next, and then click Finish.
# Import the Address Book File
To import your Outlook Express address book:
1. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Other
Address Book. 2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click
Import. 3. Click Browse. 4. Locate the Mail Backup folder on your desktop, click the
address book Backup.csv file, and then click Open. 5. Click Next, and then click Finish. 6. Click OK, and then click Close.
# Import the Mail Account File
To import your Outlook Express mail account file:
1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts. 2. On the Mail tab, click Import. 3. In the Look In box, locate the Mail Backup folder on your
desktop. 4. Click the mail account that you want to import, and then
click Open. 5. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to
import. 6. Click Close.
# Import the Newsgroup Account File
To import your Outlook Express news account file:
1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts. 2. On the News tab, click Import. 3. In the Look In box, locate the Mail Backup folder on your
desktop. 4. Click the news account that you want to import, and then
click Open. 5. Repeat these steps for each news account that you want to
import. 6. Click Close.
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