Backing up e-mail messages, Windows vista, Windows xp – Dell Studio 1558 (Early 2010) User Manual

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To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New
Contact and fill in the appropriate information.

To use a directory service, click Select Members, and then click Find.
Select a directory service from the drop-down list at the end of the text
box.
After finding and selecting an address, it is automatically added to
your Address Book.

5 Repeat for each addition until your group is defined.

Backing Up E-mail Messages

You can back up your e-mail messages and other files for safekeeping while
increasing (or freeing up) your disk space.

Windows Vista

1 Click Start

→ System and Maintenance→ Backup and Restore

Center.

2 Click Back up files, and then follow the steps in the wizard. If you are

prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the
password or provide confirmation.

Windows XP

1 Click Start

→ Programs→ Outlook Express.

2 Select an e-mail folder.
3 Click File→ Folder→ Compact.
4 To back up the folder, copy it to a backup folder, optical media, or network

drive. Outlook Express e-mail folders have a .dbx extension (for example,
Sent Items.dbx).

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

To learn more about backing up e-mail

messages, see "Back up your files" in Help and Support: click
Start

or

→ Help and Support.

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