December 24th, 2007
New Computer—old Email, Or How To Back Up And Transfer Your Email
If you have a brand new computer, or are thinking about buying one in the near future, one of the things that you will need to consider is how to transfer your emails from the old system to the new system.
At least once a week in my job as a help desk analyst, I am helping a customer set up Outlook Express or Outlook (there are other email clients that are used, but these two are the most popular) on their new computer. Once we are finished with the setup and they open it up to the Inbox the question is asked “where are my old emails?” The simple answer; “on your old computer”. Then of course the follow up question is; “how do I get them to the new computer?”