Trying To Save Emails Onto Cd

Robbie · Jan 13, 2005

Hi, I'm having a problem transferring emails onto cd.
After compressing and identifying correct files, I have got as far as
burning onto the CD but when I try to read them from the CD, I am
unable to open any of them. I suppose I must have to save in some kind of
format - can anyone tell me how to do this ?
(XP home/OE).

Thanks for any advice

DavidGP · Jan 13, 2005

If you have saved them in the .dbx file format that OE stores all your messages in then you wont be able to access those by just double clicking them, you will have to either import them back or save the emails in .eml format,which will allow you to just double click the saved email to open, to do this you have a few options that I use.

1. In OE highlight thr message to save and click File > Save As and save the message to a location of your choice ( long and labourious method )

2. Use a program to extract or view the emails from the .dbx for you into .eml's

DBXtract
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23383,00.asp
will allow you to extract the emails from all of the different .dbx's and save them as .eml

Outlook Express Extraction
http://macallan.club.fr/index.htm
Will extract emails form a .dbx, it should also allow you to access those .dbx files you have saved to CD.

Robbie · Jan 13, 2005

Thanks Halo, especially for explaining it in non-geek terms.
Even I can understand it !

Cheers
Robbie

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