How to Backup dbx files?
Having specified the path, you will receive a list of dbx files. Choose from the list the files you want to extract messages from. If you need all the files with the current path, choose the button: Select All. The Recovering Deleted Messages option lets you restore messages which have been deleted from a dbx file. In Outlook Express, deleted messages are copied into the trash (file Deleted.dbx). But if the trash has already been cleared, and other messages haven't been recorded in the place of the deleted messages, you can try to restore the deleted message from the initial dbx file. Dbx Backup lets you save messages in several popular formats (field: Save As). If your goal is to transfer a message base to a mail program working in the Unix/Linux environment, choose UNIX Mailbox as your target format. MES format is convenient for transfering messages to the MailNavigator program.. However, for archival storage of messages, or restoring Outlook Express mail folders, the most convenient format is Separate Messages Files (.EML). Each message in eml-format is kept in a separate text file with extension .eml . The name of the message file depends on the method chosen in the field Save By. If you use the value of the field Message ID as the file name, this automatically provides for a unique file name corresponding to the unique Message-ID of each message. If you use the method Save By: Subject, the uniqueness of the file name is provided by adding the control sum of the message to the file name. The method Save By: Prefix attaches a serial number to each message. This provides uniqueness, but doesn't exclude duplication of messages with repeated savings. The Add Folder Name Prefix option adds the name of the Outlook Express folder from which the message is extracted to the left of the file name, as a prefix. In the Example field, you can see examples of the name formation of future messages files. Once the source files and Target Path are defined, the Backup button becomes accessible. Copyright © 2007 GEO Ltd |
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Clicking this button starts the process of extracting the messages. In the left bottom corner of the program the status of the extraction process is displayed, as well as messages of errors or successes in message extraction. 
