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Restoring files in Microsoft’s free email client

keith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:27:56 +0000

Outlook Express is the free email client that comes included with certain versions of the Windows operating system. Overall it is a pretty good email processor but like its big brother Microsoft Outlook, it is not without its drawbacks. To begin with there are file size limitations on Outlook Express folders. These folders which bear the file extension DBX as the proprietary file format for Microsoft Outlook Express can easily become corrupted or simply lost due to accidental deletion. In fact because the graphic layout of Outlook Express allows one the option of deleting a folder as well as a specific message, very often one deletes their entire Outlook Express DBX folder mailbox with just a single click of their mouse.

Fortunately, Remo software makes an excellent program to recover a lost folder in Outlook Express. Within minutes, even the most inexperienced computer user can use this robust and powerful program to find and recover a lost folder in Outlook Express DBX storage. Bear in mind that even when using the best data recovery tools there can be instances where file corruption is too great to be overcome. In these situations, Remo software will still be able to help you recover deleted emails from Outlook Express. This is accomplished by the software’s ability to open DBX folders and allow one to read and copy the EML file contained within.

The numerous types of email recovery

keith — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:41:33 +0000

There are many facets to email recovery. The basic premise of email recovery is simply, how does one recover accidentally deleted emails or corrupted and lost email messages? The process begins by figuring out which type of email you’re using. These are divided into two different areas. The first is email that is sent and received by an email client operating from your computer. This application connects to your Internet gateway which may be anything from a private email address, as is usually given to you by your Internet Service provider, such as Comcast or Roadrunner. This email client may also be connected to the Internet to a web based email such as Yahoo or AOL.

In each case, most of the formative control of your sending and receiving emails is done through the e-mail client application which serves as an interface or liaison if you will between yourself and your Internet access. There are economically priced programs to recover accidentally deleted emails that are specifically designed to rescue files lost while using email clients. Examples of these email clients would be Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express. The other most common type of email is purely web based free email whereby you must sign onto your email account to send and receive messages directly from that portal. Email recovery from this type of web based email is extremely difficult if not impossible.