Outlook 97 and backing up emails.

[jsigmon]

Hi:
I have several user's at work needing to back up their mail in out look. I knwo you can back up to the PST files and PAb files.
is their a way I can back up their emails on a media for them. I had recommened CDR's.
Has any one came across this and if so how and what did you do. We are running outlook 97 and windows 95. We are limited on space on servers so looking for other ways of doing this. http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smilies/cwm6.gif

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James

[iccrmman]

This is how I save my E-mails in Outlook Express 5. I don't know if it would work for Outlook 97, but here goes.
Go to C/Windows/Application Data/Identities/(a file with letters and numbers)/microsoft/outlook express.
You will see a bunch of files marked .dbx .
Save those to a CDR and to veiw them later, just import them.
As I said this is how I save mails with win98/outlook express, so I may be close or full of it.
Keith

[Paul Cunningham]

Oh yes ! I know the problem. Whats to stop you putting a shotcut to the folder on the desktop, so they can open it and right click and chose send to cd rom ( assuming its a re-writer) for those pst and pab files ?

[jsigmon]

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Oh yes ! I know the problem. Whats to stop you putting a shotcut to the folder on the desktop, so they can open it and right click and chose send to cd rom ( assuming its a re-writer) for those pst and pab files ? </font>

The problem is the user wants tp back up his email to a backup media, wanted to know how this is done. There inbox gets full and I have asked them to put them into personal folders they have made. But still wants to back up the outlook emails. Wants it to be automated as well. Looking for ways to do this. Thanks for the tips.


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James

[jsigmon]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jsigmon:
The problem is the user wants tp back up his email to a backup media, wanted to know how this is done. There inbox gets full and I have asked them to put them into personal folders they have made. But still wants to back up the outlook emails. Wants it to be automated as well. Looking for ways to do this. Thanks for the tips.

What short cut are you talking about we are running outlook 97 at the office.


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James

[rwbad]

Are you using a local postoffice. ie: Exchange which can backup mailboxes?
If not sounds like you may need one. POP3 is fine up to a point but users' start to want backups and mail redirection etc.
How many users do you have?

[jsigmon]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jsigmon:


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This is a large company of 1000+ users on site. Was just wondering if some how I can back up there emails to a media I had recommened to them a CDR . Wanted to know how would I go about doing this. I know to back up the .pst files and .Pab files.
They wanted to back up each email for some reason.

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James

[pikachu2]

the only automated function in out97 is autoarchiving. if the individual has a cd writer then they can set them up as a drive through software that comes with the drive(instantcd or something). leave the cd in the drive. in outlook goto tools>options>autoarchive you can set the frequency and location from there.
to set the requirements you have to manually archive the stuff the first time. Select archive from the file menu. then the rest should be self explanitory. i.e. what files starting date etc.

the only drawbacks are: once they are archived they are gone from common viewing and must be imported to read.

another option (this is crazy but workable):cut and paste the users pst onto the cd rom and designate it in the tools>services settings . and youve got an instant backup!---unless they are looney and have over 600MB of e-mail data! how many jokes do you need?

[sebass54]

You can setup AutoArchiving and use a program like HP DirectCD...

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