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Where are old emails saved on my computer.

I have 2 computers with which I check our email accounts, 1 laptop & 1 desktop. I have set up our email account so that the server leaves emails on for 10 days so I generally don’t have any problems with either computer missing any. (i.e. both computers have all the same emails.)
The laptop is new and I would like to move some of the older emails from the desktop to the laptop.
Where are the emails stored on my computer.
I am running windows xp home on the desktop with office pro 2003, and xp prof with office pro on the laptop. And yes I know i could just email the older emails to myself and catch them on the laptop, but i would like to learn more about where and why the app data for various programs is stored.

Thanks

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gtaylo offline Verified User (5 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Auckland, 00, NZ | 5 years, 9 months ago (11 hours, 14 minutes after post)

Thanks for your help.
but where is this .dbx file found in my drive?
windows files? app file?

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techtype offline Verified User (7 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Warren, MI, US | 5 years, 9 months ago (18 hours, 43 minutes after post)

neku, you are almost right. A lot depends on “WHO”’s email client you are using. Chance are it is “Microsoft Outlook Express”. The instructions are as follows:
Instructions and conventions are as follows; If the instruction has quotes(”), in the instruction type in or find the exact item in the line.

1. Open your Windows Explorer.

2. Find the “windows” folder.

3. After you find “windows” find “Application Data”.

4. Next find, “Identities” folder.

5. Find a series of numbers and letters type of folder XXXxxxxXXXXXXxxxXXXXXxxxxxxxX.

6. Find “Microsoft” folder

7. The final, “Outlook Express”

In there you will find different .dbx files, in all probabilities with the name of the different persons using the Outlook Express. These are the files you want to transfer to your different computer. But be careful because .dbx files of the same name will over write the other same named .dbx files. What might be a safer route would be to;
A. back up were you are going to transfer .dbx files in a different folder, say maybe call the folder “Temp dbx” then copy the same .dbx file in the folder. The name on the new copy will say, “copy of Exaple.dbx”. Then transfer this copy to the above folder found in windows.

B. What should happen is a new folder should show up in your Outlook Express. When you open up the new mail box, just highlight those mailings you want to transfer. Highlight, drag and drop into the appropriate folder/mailbox that you wanted to add the transferred mail. What should happen is that the transferred mailings should append to the end of the old mail.

There you have it, hope it helps

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gtaylo offline Verified User (5 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Auckland, 00, NZ | 5 years, 9 months ago (23 hours, 37 minutes after post)

Thankyou to you all.

this info really helps.

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pirashanth2 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 4 years, 1 month ago (1 year, 8 months after post)

Help me please…i have kinda the same problem, but i use hotmail…

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davidtimm1 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 3 months ago (2 years, 6 months after post)

i cany find my myspace email address can you please help me

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smidie4 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 11 months ago (2 years, 10 months after post)

how do i find old emaails which have been deleted

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smidie4 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 11 months ago (2 years, 10 months after post)

how do i find or retrieve my old emails from facebook & yahoo

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joprincessdestiny9 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (2 years, 11 months after post)

I can retrieve my e-mails @ the library computer but when it comes to my laptop @ home I can not get my e-mail messages! please help me get my old e-mail messages back!

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joprincessdestiny9 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (2 years, 11 months after post)

How much longer will this process take?

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anike_ogungb offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 years after post)

how can l get my old e-mail sent to me back

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vijayseba offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (3 years, 7 months after post)

my 6 years before emails at are me lose how can i get that ones some body knows pls help me

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julianasanto offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (3 years, 10 months after post)

wow! thanks for helping me.

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julianasanto offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (3 years, 10 months after post)

hello are you reasponding

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maydschult offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (4 years, 1 month after post)

I can’t find my saved email box.I typed a schedual and emailed it to myself and put it in my saved email box. noww I can’t find it.

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arthurnov offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (4 years, 1 month after post)

anike_ogungb wrote:
how can l get my old e-mail sent to me back

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arthurnov offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (4 years, 1 month after post)

i woul like to have my old emails and i forgot my pass word to find them

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arthurnov offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (4 years, 1 month after post)

trying to find my old emails and i forgot my old pass word

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passion_68201 offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 years, 8 months after post)

i can not find my old email address i forgot my pas word pls help me i need to print some inportant files

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debbievivian2 offline Verified User (11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (4 years, 10 months after post)

In your case I should recommend you following utility http://www.outlookexpress.fixtoolbox.com it must aid you

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fordcoli offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 9 months, 1 week ago (5 years after post)

i try find my old e-mail can`t find it can you help me?i need old back e-mail ok

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valyazzie7 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (5 years, 6 months after post)

how do i retreive old emails from my other address to my new address

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