Yes, but if that folder is on your disk and the format the disk, the folder
will be erased.
"Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi, Tom.
>
> It's fairly easy to backup all your emails. Here's how you do it. First,
> set up a folder off My Documents. Give it a name, like "Windows Live Mail
> Emails." Then, go into Windows Live Mail. Click file, export, messages,
> Microsoft Windows Live Mail, and next. Click browse and find the folder
> you
> just created. Click on the folder and click OK. Click next. Choose to
> backup all folders (which is my preferred method) or selected folders.
> Click
> next. That's all you do.
>
> Peter
>
> "Tom Brown" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> You said: "I'm all ready when the time comes to format my hard drive and
>> re-load all my email messages back into Windows Live Mail using import."
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance, but how do you do that? There is a lot about WLM
>> that
>> I don't understand but are you backing them up to some other storage
>> place
>> first?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> "Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:E2859A93-6F71-4CFF-B234-99EB393C25E0@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Importing and exporting messages is really easy. I'm all ready when the
>> > time
>> > comes to format my hard drive and re-load all my email messages back
>> > into
>> > Windows Live Mail using import.
>> >
>> > However, why is it that there is an option to export accounts, yet
>> > there
>> > is
>> > no option to import accounts once you want to re-load your accounts
>> > back
>> > into
>> > the program? It makes no sense.
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >