[TheForge] OT- for computer geeks

[Andrew Vida]

OK, I know this should be something that I know, given the business that 
I am supposedly in, but what in hell is the difference between Outlook 
and Outlook Express?  I don't use either of them unless forced to and 
have therefore not really bothered to look for myself.

Michael H. Murphy wrote:
> Outlook express doesn't save email as text files; they're in a compressed
> format.  If you want them as text files, you'll have to pull them up in
> Outlook Express, and then save them as text files.  At least that's how it
> works with Outlook, and I'd assume that it works that way for Express as
> well.
> 
> Murf
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
>>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phlip
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:30 PM
>>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT- for computer geeks
>>
>>
>>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>>
>>
>>>>Phlip,
>>>>You will find your email files here.
>>>>C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{some #}\Microsoft\Outlook
>>
>>Express
>>
>>>>{some #} is a string that outlook express generated. In Windows
>>>>Explorer, go
>>>>to WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities then click on the folder under
>>>>Identities (that is the some # folder) then continue till you get to
>>
>>the
>>
>>>>Microsoft\Outlook Express folder. They are all .DBX files.
>>
>>OK, followed your instructions, and found the .dbx files, but those are
>>just
>>the folder names. What I need is the actual text files themselves. I know
>>they're in there somewhere, I had the location saved both on my hard drive
>>and a piece of paper, but the hard drive died, and the piece of paper went
>>pfft in my last move.
>>
>>Any other suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>>Saint Phlip,
>>CoD
>>
>>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>> Blacksmith's credo.
>>
>> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
>>cat.
>>
>>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>>And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gladish Family" <gladish at cnw.com>
>>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:20 PM
>>Subject: RE: [TheForge] OT- for computer geeks
>>
>>
>>
>>>thanks, Darrell, I can't seem to remember the file extension from one
>>>episode to the next..
>>>Andy g.
>>>
>>>
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