Hi LES,

Others will be able to help, too. That said, could you elaborate on what
you've done?

The OE message store contains the data base files (*.dbx). There are files
for the folders in OE and the messages they contain. The *.dbx files can be
copied to another (Windows) folder for backup purposes, but they cannot be
viewed until 'imported' into OE. The master indexing file, Folders.dbx,
needs to be included for the import process to work.

Outlook Express messages can also be saved in a Windows folder (or dragged
from OE to Windows folder), which results in *.eml files that can be opened
from that location. There are two drawbacks to *.eml files kept this way --
the *.eml files are larger than the message store files and they cannot be
arranged by date. They can be dragged back to an OE folder to restore better
sorting, if necessary.

I'm not sure what is meant by saving messages in the original outlook
folder, but I'm sure this can be quickly made clear with some more
information on what has been done.

OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;270670



More information and options

Get OETool (www.oehelp.com/OETool/) and OEQB (www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/) and
put them in the same directory. Then there is a button in OETool that will
run OEQB and backup to 3 levels of redundancy just with a click of the
button.

Both are free.

Credit: Steve Cochran


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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"LESJMC" wrote in message
...
Les here you help me solve my issue with message rules and moving to
folders.

Now my question is I saved my old e-mail messages in the original outlook
folder that they were in, is there any way that I can view these if I have
to.

Thanks

LES