Many of us rely on Microsoft Outlook for managing our email correspondence. Email content is usually invaluable and thus we better make sure we periodically back it up and store it in a safe location.
Here’s a quick how-to that will help you backup your Outlook e-mails. This information is applicable to all full Outlook versions (not to Outlook Express).

1. Click File || Import and Export.

2. Select Export to a file and then click Next.

3. Choose Personal Folders file (.PST) as your backup file type. *.PST are the easiest to restore.

4. Select the folder you would like to export your emails from. Click the include sub-folders, if you want to export nested sub-folders within your selected folder.

TIP: Use the Filter button in case you would like to filter what items to backup based on different criteria like: To, From, Importance etc’.

5. Using the Browse button, specify the location of your *.PST file.

6. Specify how to deal with duplicate posts.

7. Click Finish.

8. Make sure the *.PST file is stored in a secure location. CD/DVDs, local hard drives, network drives make a good choice to backup your *.PST file.

Stay tuned for more on backup of other Outlook objects such as tasks, calendar meetings, contacts and notes.

[tags] Outlook, Outlook Backup, Windows, Office [/tags]