At work I'm using a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.7.4, running Outlook 2011. Today, I have to ship off this computer to get an upgrade and security update, and they will be wiping out the contents of the hard drive. They've left us very minimal instructions to back up any files we need. For me, the absolute most important thing is having access to all of my old emails and their attachments. So, QUESTION: how do I backup all of my emails in Outlook so that I'll be able to access them on my newly-wiped computer? Where are email files stored on my computer? How can I back up the attachments on the old emails? How do I avert total disaster?
posted by naju
on Feb 22, 2013 -
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How might I retrieve the text contents of c. 6,000 emails, and put each one into a separate field or document?
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posted by tawny
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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How do I export Outlook .pst mail archives to a text format for backup purposes?
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posted by snarfois
on Oct 17, 2010 -
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I’d like to archive in a single web-based location my email messages from several separate web-based accounts. What are my options?
posted by Dragonness
on Jun 16, 2010 -
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About a year ago, I accidentally archived a ton of old emails in my Gmail account, without putting any labels on any of them. (I
thought I knew how archiving worked at the time, but obviously I was wrong)
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posted by hasna
on Mar 12, 2009 -
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How can I download or archive the email from my Yahoo email account to a PC without it interfering with my work email running on Outlook on that same PC?
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posted by Pastabagel
on Nov 10, 2008 -
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I'm curious how people deal w. their old email. (esp those using Outlook and IMAP, but others, too...)
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posted by ManInSuit
on Apr 3, 2008 -
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What is the easiest way to automatically archive IMAP emails (incoming and outgoing) from multiple user accounts? Gmail doesn't handle IMAP and I don't have access to our school's server. We need a central location to archive our research projects emails. Mac, PC, or web method okay.
posted by philrj
on Jul 8, 2007 -
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What's an easy way to backup my e-mail yet still have it pretty easy to search?
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posted by D Wiz
on Feb 6, 2007 -
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I've fallen far behind in archiving my gmail Inbox and would like to clear it out. How can I archive every single message (more than 4,000) that's in there now?
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posted by davebug
on Apr 20, 2006 -
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What's the best Exchange 2003 archiver out there? My needs are simple: preferably web-based, users should be able to read through their own e-mail, e-mails cannot be deleted by users, works with Symantec Mail Security and Brighmail AntiSpam.
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posted by geoff.
on Jan 6, 2006 -
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How can I backup my existing Gmail inbox locally, so I can search and access my messages offline?
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posted by Thoth
on Sep 24, 2005 -
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Which WinXP Pro Email Client will play nice with close to 800 megs of emails? [more inside]
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posted by romakimmy
on Apr 24, 2004 -
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Eudora has been my email client since, oh, 1994. I now have several hundred megabytes of mail. It's disappointing that Eudora doesn't have an "archiving" feature like Outlook. Does anyone know of a utility that's up to the task? Doing with manually with over 35 folders is painful.
posted by madman
on Mar 4, 2004 -
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