Which is, of course, why one should periodically back up one's
documents folder to external media. :-)
I was reminded of this the hard way recently when my laptop was
stolen. :-(
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
<robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Fa705yaIHA.5160@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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
> news:F55A68DB-8BDC-49B8-BBA7-9D31A33C3067@xxxxxx 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
>>> > 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
>>> >
>
>