I would like to back-up my e-mail messages to an external device.
When I click File | Export | Messages from Outlook Express I get an error
message "An error occurred while initializing MAPI".
I could copy the file that contains the messages but I don't know the file
name and its location.
Does anyone know this?

Thanks

Otto

Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"Otto Slembeck" <otto_slembeck@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:ekFor9UyFHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I would like to back-up my e-mail messages to an external device.
> When I click File | Export | Messages from Outlook Express I get an error
> message "An error occurred while initializing MAPI".
> I could copy the file that contains the messages but I don't know the file
> name and its location.
> Does anyone know this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Otto
>

You can only Export to MS Exchange or MS Outlook.

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
--
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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com


Otto Slembeck wrote:
> I would like to back-up my e-mail messages to an external device.
> When I click File | Export | Messages from Outlook Express I get an error
> message "An error occurred while initializing MAPI".
> I could copy the file that contains the messages but I don't know the file
> name and its location.
> Does anyone know this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Otto