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| Thread ID: 129233 | 2013-02-11 21:33:00 | Best email program\format for compatibility? | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 1327540 | 2013-02-11 21:33:00 | Currently my emails are all backed up \ saved in Outlook Express DBX files. Is there a better or "best" format for compatibility between programs etc? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1327541 | 2013-02-11 23:04:00 | With Outlook Express: you really have no choice Make sure you backup the address book as well, WAB, PAB?? Outlook really is the Default standard . A single PST contains mail, attatchments & contacts/address book. Far better to use Outlook, PST is unlikely to be obseleted anytime soon. Outlook PST is also by far the easiest to transfer to new PC's with new Win versions that no longer support Outlook Express. ***Note that Outlooks AUTOCOMPLETE is not your adress book or saved contacts. Autocomplete can & does sometimes become corrupted & all those email adresses can be lost of not saved in contacts, were they should be (had to explain this soo many times to various users) Any other email program is fine, untill you find you cant actually export/import those emails & contacts into a different email program. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1327542 | 2013-02-11 23:34:00 | Set up a local imap server and store them there. Then they are available in any email program, (and can be stored as plain text individual files with Maildir storage). |
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| 1327543 | 2013-02-12 02:04:00 | I create client folders in Outlook for all emails and backup those as clients.pst files which has been very helpful over the last 6-8 years. Very easy to open in Outlook in case it is needed.:2cents: | notechyet (4479) | ||
| 1327544 | 2013-02-12 05:44:00 | Emails...hmmm. I really don't like emails saved as emails. Contacts, fine. Emails? If the info is so important save it as a file and backup as usual. |
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