Most e-mail programs provide you with the capability of backing up your e-mail messages. Since a lot of us would be somewhat lost if we lost some of the information stored in e-mails, it’s a very important feature.

In Outlook Express, you also have the option of just backing up an individual message. Even though a message is stored in Outlook, and you may have a printed copy as well, this may not be enough especially if the message is of high importance. So for added safety, why not make an extra copy of that message?

To do this, open up Outlook Express. Open the folder that contains the e-mail message you want to make a copy of. Also open Windows Explorer and open the folder where you want the copy of the message to be stored. Back in Outlook Express, highlight the e-mail message and drag it into the Windows Explorer window (or onto the Windows Explorer button on the taskbar). A file will be created with an “eml” extension, which is the backup copy of your e-mail message.