Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters November 23rd
This week’s online newsletter includes:
* Examining a Malware-bearing Email (Trojan email)
This week, I thought I’d take a different turn with the first article — and look at one of the nasty emails that arrived this week. No, not one of those emails, one of the emails that brought malware along with it. Of course, let’s see what they’re trying to do to me (and to you, if you get these, too).
* Remote Access Software Question
Olle wants to know more about securely controlling is computer from another computer…
* Computer Problems Opening Zip Files
Reader Irving has strange things happening when he tries to open a zip file…
* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…
* Subscribers Helping Subscribers
Last week, I asked for suggestions to solve reader John’s problems installing programs. This week, his fellow subscribers responded with emails and blog postings of possible solutions…
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In my email newsletter, I asked for possible solutions to reader Mickey’s Outlook Express problems. Mickey had copied (not exported) email folders to his desktop, and now he can’t get OE to recognize them.
See if they can be exported as a csv file. If that fails, see if Thunderbird can open them.
Have you tried these steps:
1. In Outlook Express, create a new identity, and go through the setup to assign servers, password, etc. to be the same as your current corrupt account. But don’t let it automatically import new emails now (you can change this later, once you have recovered your old emails).
2. Once the main Outlook Express window appears, click on each mailbox once. Additionally, if you had created other mailboxes under your old account, create them for this new account. Make sure to name them EXACTLY the same as previous.
3. Check the store folder for the new account (Tools/Options/Maintenance/Store Folder).
4. Close Outlook Express.
5. Copy all of the old .dbx files to the Store Folder (make sure hidden files are being displayed). NOTE: I believe this works only after the FIRST TIME you have created and then looked at the new account in OE.
6. Open Outlook Express. Unless the .dbx files are really screwed up, you should now see your emails in the new identity.
Good luck!
I typed “open dbx file” in Google and found a lot of utilities that are suppose to open dbx files and recover the emails in them. Here is link to one of them:
http://www.oemailrecovery.com/open-dbx-file.html
I have not used any of them since I do not use Outlook Express. Remember “Google is your friend”.
I concur with James Biddle, install Thunderbird and see if it will import the OE emails. If Thunderbird works, DUMP OE for the piece of junk it has become.
At one time I would recommend OE to new users for its simplicity and ease of use. With each new version it has become more complicated and less user friendly. I try to get newbies onto Thunderbird or some other email program early before they get into trouble.