Eudora 6.x for Windows: Backup and Restore POP Mailboxes

Overview

Backing up your data is an important part of maintaining your computer. While you should back up all your data regularly, you may wish to make a backup of your email specifically for ease of restoration or before undertaking a major software upgrade or conversion. For more information on backing up your email, both POP and IMAP, see Backing up Your Email.

The following instructions provide a way to make a copy of your Eudora Folder. This folder contains your Eudora POP email, address book data, and settings. These instructions will not make a backup of IMAP mail stored on the server.

Backing Up

Eudora mailboxes are stored in a folder named Eudora which is located in the C:\Users\yourusername directory where yourusername is the name of your Windows login name.

1. Go to C:\Users\yourusername and locate your Eudora folder.
   
   
   
    
2. Right-click on the Eudora folder and select Copy.
   
   
   
   
3. Right-click again, this time on the white space within the window and select Paste.
   Result: The Copy of Eudora folder appears in the window. You have successfully copied your Eudora folder.
   
   
   
   
   

   Tip: Save Copy of Eudora folder to another location (such as a DVD) or hard drive for safe keeping.

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Restoring

To restore Eudora settings, simply drag folder back into C:\Users\yourusername and restart Eudora.

To restore individual mailboxes to Eudora, locate them in the Copy of Eudora folder and drag them into : C:\Users\yourusername\eudora

Note: Each mailbox contains 2 files: mailboxname.toc and mailboxname.mbx. The former is the mailbox Table of Contents and the latter contains the actual mail messages within the mailbox. Both files should be restored to the eudora folder.