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Outlook Express Freebie Backup 2.9.0.11 - Outlook Express Add-On

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Outlook Express Freebie Backup - Outlook Express Add-On

Outlook Express Freebie Backup - Outlook Express Add-On

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
Outlook Express Freebie Backup is a nifty, though not pretty, tool to back up your Outlook Express emails, settings, filters and contacts. You can also perform certain maintenance tasks and tweak a few hidden settings. Using Outlook Express Freebie Backup can be a bit cumbersome, though.
Outlook Express Freebie Backup is currently not available.
Pros
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup backs up Outlook Express completely and swiftly
  • Lets you perform maintenance and tweak some hidden settings, too
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup uses Outlook Express' own file formats for backups
Cons
  • The Outlook Express Freebie Backup interface could need a makeover
  • Only limited help is available
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup can't compress archives
Description
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup is a backup and restoration tool for Outlook Express.
  • Backs up Outlook Express mail, contacts, signatures, rules, identities and settings.
  • You can recover from Outlook Express Freebie Backup backups or search for .dbx files manually.
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup lets you change a large number of registry settings.
  • You can create, tweak and delete Outlook Express identities with Outlook Express Freebie Backup.
  • A "QuickBackup" feature lets you back up an identity completely in one sweep.
  • Using command line parameters, Outlook Express Freebie Backup can be scheduled flexibly.
  • Outlook Express Freebie Backup supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and Outlook Express 5/6.
Guide Review - Outlook Express Freebie Backup 2.9.0.11 - Outlook Express Add-On
Data, if valuable, needs to be backed up, or it is already half way gone. Unfortunately, Outlook Express does not include tools that would make it easy to back up your emails and settings. No, quite to the contrary. Outlook Express makes the job of creating backups difficult by spreading settings and messages between various files, locations and registry keys.

Outlook Express Freebie Backup is a nifty tool that can collect all these important pieces of data and copy them to a safe backup location. Of course, you can also restore them. I hesitate the say "easily", though, as Outlook Express Freebie Backup comes with an interface that is not merely not pretty but a bit cumbersome to understand and use in certain places.

Outlook Express Freebie Backup includes command line switches that allow you to set up scheduled backup jobs, though. The tool that lets you tweak a few hidden settings, for example, — a nice addition — fails to describe these settings.

Anyway, you can search for (backup or leftover) message stores and address books and import them flexibly. Rules, blocked senders, your Outlook Express settings and other registry values can be restored, too, and all in all Outlook Express Freebie Backup is a very useful backup solution for Outlook Express.

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