ABC Outlook Express Backup 2.0

There are a few things you are going to like about the Startking Software-developed application ABC Outlook Express Backup and a few things you are not going to like. Let’s start on a positive note with the things you are going to like about it.

Starting in a logical progression, you are going to like that getting the application off the web and onto your computer will only take a moment. Since the download weighs in at some 4.7MB, it can’t take long for it to complete – not even if you are on a less than spectacular internet connection.

You are going to like that installing the application on your Windows-powered PC only takes a moment as well. This is a straightforward process that goes along smoothly and rapidly. Just follow the instructions presented by the setup wizard and you will be done in no time at all. Please note that ABC Outlook Express Backup works with MS Outlook Express 5.0 or higher on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.

After you download and install the application, you are going to like the functionality it provides. ABC Outlook Express Backup is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to backup and restore your Outlook Express data; the following data:
- Email and news messages (including Hotmail messages)
- Email folder structure
- Address book
- Message rules
- Accounts
- Blocked Senders list
- Signatures
- Outlook Express Personal settings

You get to choose what data you want to backup and what data you want to restore. You also get to choose if you want to manually backup your data or if you want to use the scheduler and let ABC Outlook Express Backup automatically backup your data. To save disk space, all backed up data is compressed. To prevent others from accessing your data, ABC Outlook Express Backup can password protect everything it backs up.

Now here are the bits you are not going to like about ABC Outlook Express Backup.

First up, you may not like that the application only works with Outlook Express. What’s bad about this? Outlook Express is an e-mail and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0 (Internet Explorer 6 is an outdated piece of software that many no longer support) and is bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003. In Vista Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail; in Windows 7 it has been replaced by Windows Live Mail.

Second up, you may not like that you have to part with your hard earned money to use ABC Outlook Express Backup. You can use the application free of charge, but only for a trial period of 25 days.

Pros

• Backup and restore Outlook Express data
• Scheduler
• Password protection

Cons

• Free to try (25-day trial)
• Outlook Express is an outdated piece of software

About Startking Software
Founded back in March 2004, Startking Software is a company that has plenty to offer: windows utilities, tools for shareware authors, e-commerce and customer software solutions, internet programming, and more. As Startking Software explained, it can develop software based on the customer’s needs and specifications.

Additional details on Startking Software and its products are available here.

ABC Outlook Express Backup has been reviewed by George Norman on 14 Oct 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated ABC Outlook Express Backup 3 out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good