I am going insane! have been looking everywhere for days and found nothing

QUESTION:
How do I backup email accounts? (In outlook 2003, Tools-E-Mail Accounts... )

I am reinstalling windows and I have many email accounts and I would not
want to have to reenter all this info but have found not a word mentioned
about this on ms support site or on the web...

Please help!

See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...564641033.aspx
Backing Up Items

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...030811033.aspx
Back up Outlook e-mail messages

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...875321033.aspx
Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.asp


Greg wrote:

I am going insane! have been looking everywhere for days and found nothing

QUESTION:
How do I backup email accounts? (In outlook 2003, Tools-E-Mail Accounts... )

I am reinstalling windows and I have many email accounts and I would not
want to have to reenter all this info but have found not a word mentioned
about this on ms support site or on the web...

Please help!

Thank you for taking the time to reply but unfortunatelly there is nothing
about email account there.

the last article mentions that this information is stored in the registry,
but I have search for all token i can think of and found nothing....

I have experimented with "Files and Settings transfer wizard" and also
nothing!

I CANNOT believe I am the only one looking for this

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...564641033.aspx
Backing Up Items

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...030811033.aspx
Back up Outlook e-mail messages

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...875321033.aspx
Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.asp


Greg wrote:

I am going insane! have been looking everywhere for days and found nothing

QUESTION:
How do I backup email accounts? (In outlook 2003, Tools-E-Mail Accounts... )

I am reinstalling windows and I have many email accounts and I would not
want to have to reenter all this info but have found not a word mentioned
about this on ms support site or on the web...

Please help!

Greg wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to reply but unfortunatelly there is
nothing about email account there.

the last article mentions that this information is stored in the
registry, but I have search for all token i can think of and found
nothing....

I have experimented with "Files and Settings transfer wizard" and also
nothing!

I CANNOT believe I am the only one looking for this

he Microsoft Office Save My Settings Wizard can save account information.
You should have a Microsoft Office Tools item in your All Programs list
(either on its own or underneath Microsoft Office). See this for an
explanation of how to use it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809/en-us
--
Brian Tillman

Hi Greg,

Could you be a little more specific? Are you talking about mailboxes,
Personal Folders, or just the account info?

If you're looking to backup the account INFO, there really isn't any tool
for that.
Just automating the creation of an Outlook profile is a bit of work - trust
me, I know!

You're best bet is to create a document where you store all the MAPI or POP3
acct info. You can paste screen-capture (grabs)'s of the "properties" into
the doc which will save you keystrokes.

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"Greg" wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to reply but unfortunatelly there is nothing
about email account there.

the last article mentions that this information is stored in the registry,
but I have search for all token i can think of and found nothing....

I have experimented with "Files and Settings transfer wizard" and also
nothing!

I CANNOT believe I am the only one looking for this

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...564641033.aspx
Backing Up Items

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...030811033.aspx
Back up Outlook e-mail messages

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...875321033.aspx
Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.asp


Greg wrote:

I am going insane! have been looking everywhere for days and found nothing

QUESTION:
How do I backup email accounts? (In outlook 2003, Tools-E-Mail Accounts... )

I am reinstalling windows and I have many email accounts and I would not
want to have to reenter all this info but have found not a word mentioned
about this on ms support site or on the web...

Please help!

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Greg wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to reply but unfortunatelly there is
nothing about email account there.

the last article mentions that this information is stored in the
registry, but I have search for all token i can think of and found
nothing....

I have experimented with "Files and Settings transfer wizard" and also
nothing!

I CANNOT believe I am the only one looking for this

he Microsoft Office Save My Settings Wizard can save account information.
You should have a Microsoft Office Tools item in your All Programs list
(either on its own or underneath Microsoft Office). See this for an
explanation of how to use it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809/en-us
--
Brian Tillman



THANK YOU! that is!!

actually, check out the post by Brian - it is possible
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809/en-us

"CitrixDude" wrote:

Hi Greg,

Could you be a little more specific? Are you talking about mailboxes,
Personal Folders, or just the account info?

If you're looking to backup the account INFO, there really isn't any tool
for that.
Just automating the creation of an Outlook profile is a bit of work - trust
me, I know!

You're best bet is to create a document where you store all the MAPI or POP3
acct info. You can paste screen-capture (grabs)'s of the "properties" into
the doc which will save you keystrokes.

------------------------------

"Greg" wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to reply but unfortunatelly there is nothing
about email account there.

the last article mentions that this information is stored in the registry,
but I have search for all token i can think of and found nothing....

I have experimented with "Files and Settings transfer wizard" and also
nothing!

I CANNOT believe I am the only one looking for this

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...564641033.aspx
Backing Up Items

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...030811033.aspx
Back up Outlook e-mail messages

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...875321033.aspx
Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.asp


Greg wrote:

I am going insane! have been looking everywhere for days and found nothing

QUESTION:
How do I backup email accounts? (In outlook 2003, Tools-E-Mail Accounts... )

I am reinstalling windows and I have many email accounts and I would not
want to have to reenter all this info but have found not a word mentioned
about this on ms support site or on the web...

Please help!

Greg wrote:

actually, check out the post by Brian - it is possible
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809/en-us

Keep in mind, however, that if you upgrade to Office 2007, you'll lose that
tool.
--
Brian Tillman

I'm not so sure the "Save My Settings" wizard works on POP3 accounts though.
I use the .OPS file together with the PROFLWIZ.exe (orktools) to configure
Exchange accts for my Terminal Server users. -That's only one piece though
(since you can't edit an .ops file). I have to programmatically import a .PRF
file (for first time user) to write the exchange acct info to the user
profile in the registry. PROFLWIZ is run again with "save" switch to write it
all back to the .OPS upon logout.

I'll play with the "Save my Settings" wizard on my Office2k3 box - Too bad I
still have a lot of Office2k users around...

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Greg wrote:

actually, check out the post by Brian - it is possible
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809/en-us

Keep in mind, however, that if you upgrade to Office 2007, you'll lose that
tool.
--
Brian Tillman

CitrixDude wrote:

I'm not so sure the "Save My Settings" wizard works on POP3 accounts
though.

It does because it saves the mail profile registry keys. That's where the
accounts live.
--
Brian Tillman