how to backup hotmail folders

skco

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Jun 30, 2001, 8:30:07 AM6/30/01

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i m using OE and hotmail for my email requirements.
now my hotmail account has crossed 2MB.
how can i backup ans restore my mails in my local computer ???

thanks
anil

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Sandi Hardmeier MVP

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Jun 30, 2001, 11:10:53 AM6/30/01

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Hello there,

This site provides advice on how to backup and restore OE data files.
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe5/backup/index.htm

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Margaret

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Jun 30, 2001, 1:10:09 PM6/30/01

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Does that work for Hotmail folders also, Sandi? Never having used Hotmail,
I haven't experimented with this.
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Jun 30, 2001, 1:19:52 PM6/30/01

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Do you have another e-mail account? If so, just move everything to the other
inbox. If not, you can download it all to your hard drive.

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Sandi Hardmeier MVP

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Jun 30, 2001, 9:12:43 PM6/30/01

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Hi Margaret,

Hard to say. I've never used Hotmail in OE either, but assume that the
Hotmail would still use the *.dbx format, and that the folders work like a
Pop3 (downloading the mail) rather than IMAP (showing what's on a remote
server). If its the latter, the advice wouldn't work.

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skco <anil_s...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:tjrhifnl1vrb10
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> i m using OE and hotmail for my email requirements.
> now my hotmail account has crossed 2MB.
> how can i backup ans restore my mails in my local computer ???

Just select the messages in your Hotmail folder and drage them to a local
folder.

Sandi Hardmeier MVP

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Jul 1, 2001, 8:18:20 AM7/1/01

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A,

You're the local expert on Hotmail. What's the story with that facility
(I've never used it myself).

Can I assume that it works kind of like IMAP?

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"Sandi Hardmeier MVP" <sandi_h...@mvps.org> wrote in

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> A,
>
> You're the local expert on Hotmail. What's the story with that
> facility (I've never used it myself).
>
> Can I assume that it works kind of like IMAP?

Pretty much - with IMAP you can tell OE to only mirror certain folders,
but the theoretical advantage of HTTPMail is that is uses ports 80 and
443, the standard HTTP and HTTPS ports, so it should work for people
behind firewalls that block "non-standard" ports. Of course, we've seen
that it's not that straightforward.

From the point of view of client functionality, though, it's very similiar
to IMAP - rules on the server, stuff deleted from the server doesn't
appear on the client, etc. But you can always drag a message from only
message store to another.

shellyd...@gmail.com

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To create a backup of the Hotmail account mailbox the user can use the Softaken Hotmail Backup Pro tool which can download the data and save them into various file formats like PST, MBOX, MSG, etc. This software is one of the most reliable software which makes it capable to store the email data into local hard drives without any risk. Visit more: https://www.osttopstapp.com/hotmail-backup.html