Where are Outlook Messages Stored?

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Jack Edmunds

Just curious, but are email messages in Outlook Express stored on the hard
drive and if so, can they be archived in a zip file and later read with
anything other than Outlook?

Thanks
 
This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

OUTLOOK EXPRESS, included as part of Microsoft Internet
Explorer, offers standard Internet e-mail and news access,
required by many home and small-business users.

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, provides comprehensive integrated e-mail,
including information management and collaboration capabilities,
required by a wide spectrum of users from home to small
business to large enterprise. Outlook has the Calendar and Tasks.

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Just curious, but are email messages in Outlook Express stored on the hard
drive and if so, can they be archived in a zip file and later read with
anything other than Outlook?

Thanks
 
outlook and outlook express are two different programs. Outlook express uses
*.dbx files for storage. You can archive them - dbxtract, linked from
tomsterdam.com, can break them apart into messages. You'll also find
instructions there for how to hook the files back into OE.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
 
Thanks for the help.

Jack

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Diane Poremsky said:
outlook and outlook express are two different programs. Outlook express uses
*.dbx files for storage. You can archive them - dbxtract, linked from
tomsterdam.com, can break them apart into messages. You'll also find
instructions there for how to hook the files back into OE.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
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