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How to Back Up or Copy Your Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express Mail Rules

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com Guide

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If you carefully built a system of mail filters in Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express that automatically sort and organize your incoming and outgoing messages, you certainly don't want to lose these filters. If you back them up, you can transfer your Windows Mail or Outlook Express mail rules to another computer or restore them in case of data loss.

Back Up or Copy Your Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express Mail Rules

To create a copy of your Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express mail rules:

Remember where you keep your backup copy so you can recover or import it when needed.

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