The Bottom Line
A great tool to export and archive emails in various formats from Outlook Express, Express Archiver is no backup tool that would allow you to restore messages when disaster strikes.
Express Archiver is no longer available.
Express Archiver is no longer available.
Pros
- Express Archiver archives flexibly
- Archive format and location quite flexible
- Can recover mail from damaged dbx files
Cons
- Express Archiver is not a real backup/restore tool
Description
- Express Archiver exports emails from Outlook Express folders as plain text, HTML, eml or dbx files.
- Directory structure under which exported mails are saved is highly customizable.
- Express Archiver also decodes and saves attachments.
- View messages in a saver environment than the one Outlook Express provides.
- Express Archiver lets you search and filter messages flexibly.
- Recovered messages can be saved from Express Archiver.
- Express Archiver supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and Outlook Express 5/6.
Guide Review - Express Archiver 3.1.0 - Outlook Express Archiving Tool
The export functionality built into Outlook Express is nice, but far from perfect. And while you can save one message as a text or eml file easily, archiving becomes difficult if you want to save multiple messages, or attachments along with messages in text format, for example. Here's where Express Archiver comes to the rescue.
Express Archiver can save individual or multiple messages as eml, plain text or HTML files, or as complete dbx files, suitable for transfer to a Unix email client, for example or to be viewed anywhere with just a browser.
Express Archiver is no real backup tool, however. You can use it to recover messages from damaged dbx files, and to archive, search and maintain your messages flexibly.
