Backing up Outlook Express accounts - Internet account settings

Backing up Outlook Express accounts - Internet account settings


Backing up your email account settings can save problems if ever anything happened to your pc, also it enables a smooth transfer to a newer or different version of outlook express or outlook.

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Your email account settings include pop and smtp server settings as well as usernames and passwords (if enabled).

This tutorial will guide you through the process of backing up these important settings.

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Backing up your internet account settings

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Backing up your internet account settings

The first step is to open up Outlook Express.

Click on tools and then select accounts from the pull down menu.

You will see the Internet accounts dialogue box appear, it will look similar to our example in fig 1.1 below:

you will see your internet account on the left hand side, in our example we are going to back up the pop.example.com account.

Select (single left click) your internet account and then click the Export button as seen in fig 1.1.

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Now you will see the Export Internet Account dialogue box similar to that in Fig 1.2 below.

Navigate to where you want to save the settings, enter a name in the filename box (or leave it as it is) and then click the Save button.

Repeat this process to backup as many accounts as required, when you have finished backing up simply click the close button.

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Restoring your internet account settings

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Restoring your internet account settings

Outlook express exports internet account files with the file extension (suffix) .iaf.

First of all open up the Outlook Express program into which you want to import your account settings.

Next, click on tools and then select accounts from the pull down menu.

The Internet accounts dialogue box will appear, yours may differ from our example in Fig 1.3 below as you may have different accounts installed.

Click on the Import button and you will be presented with the Import Internet Account dialogue box as seen below in Fig 1.4.

Navigate to the folder where you have saved your exported files and select (left click on) the account you wish to import (in this example pop.example.com.iaf), then simply click the Open button.

Once it has been imported you should see it in the Internet accounts dialogue box.

When you have finished importing accounts simply click the Close button and your accounts should be ready to use.