| Up until two weeks ago,
this page had a very long, drawn out procedure
outlining how to back up bits and pieces of your
Outlook Express email data. It was only for
advanced users and it wasn't exactly what you
would call thorough. OK, it was pretty lame, but
it was the best way I knew of.
Basically, it covered how to export your
address book and how to write down all of your
email server settings and a bunch of other
boring, technical stuff that took a LOT of time
and effort. But hopefully, all of that is about
to change. I removed all of this instruction to
make room for this story. I hope you read this
and are able to benefit from it.
I've recently stumbled upon a new utility
for making backups of your Outlook Express email
data. It's called
THE OUTLOOK EXPRESS BACKUP WIZARD. This
utility claims to back up all of the important
stuff such as messages, news, identities,
signatures, message rules, blocked sender lists,
and more.
If this program does half of what it says
it does, it will be worth a lot more than their
asking price of just $40. I recently had a
system crash and lost some VITAL data that was
in a few emails I had recently received. I had
PLANNED to print them off or back them up -- but
forgot. I cannot even put a price on this info
that I lost. I'm afraid to say how much I would
pay - right now - to get this data back. Shame
on me.
I was going to back my email up, but
<begin pitiful
excuse mode> it is such a pain and
takes so much time because I use multiple
identities and multiple email addresses
<end excuse mode
because THERE IS NO EXCUSE for
not backing up your data!> . So
something like this program would be great for a
guy like me. So I am testing it as we speak. I
plan to do a
complete review of this product within the
next few weeks to let you know what I come up
with.
I've looked at
their site and, judging just from the
screenshots, it looks very user friendly. It
appears to have a step by step wizard
<duhh, hence the name>
to walk you through the entire process. How cool
is that?! So I'm pretty anxious to see what this
program can do. Anytime a software company comes
out with a new product, they say they have "THE
ANSWER" but few ever live up to the hype. I hope
this one is different.
Like I said, if this program is half as
good as they say, I'm all over it! And to make
things even better, they offer a
30 day free trial! So you can try before you
buy. As you probably know, fewer and fewer
software companies offer this feature these days
and that's a shame. It is so nice to try out a
program before you buy it. Kudos to this company
for offering a free trial.
Be sure to check back
here in the next few weeks to check out my
full review of this product. If you decide to
check out the free trial, please be sure to
contact me with any input about your findings.
I'd like to get enough feedback from my visitors
to post some of it
here with my own results.
You can go to their site and download your
own free trial version at
http://www.outlook-express-backup.com.
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