Backing Up Your Email with Online Backup

Email has become a vital tool for communication. We exchange documents, photos, phone numbers and more on a daily basis. Sometimes you forget to save this information anywhere else and it is so easy to delete an email by mistake! When you start using xmanonline’s Online Backup service, you want to be sure that your vital emails are included in your Backup Set. Here are the steps you need to take, depending on your operating system:

Microsoft Outlook or Windows Mail (Windows XP, Vista, or 7)

1. Launch your Online Backup software.
2. Click on the Settings (gear) icon.
3. In the upper-left corner, select your Backup Set from the drop-down list. (Or click the Plus (+) sign if you are creating a new Backup Set.)
4. Click Backup Source from the menu on the left. (If creating a new set, type in a name for your set and click Next.)
   1. Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010: Make sure that the checkbox next to Outlook is checked.
   2. Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail: Make sure that the checkbox next to Windows Mail is checked.
   3. See this video tutorial on How to Create a Backup Set if you have any trouble.
5. Click OK, then Save Setting, then Yes and you are finished.

Note: If for some reason you do not see your Windows email option listed, click the Advanced button and look for the Microsoft applications folder. It varies by operating system, but the file path should be similar to C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail.

Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird (Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6)

1. Launch your Online Backup software.
2. Click on the Settings (gear) icon.
3. In the upper-left corner, select your Backup Set from the drop-down list. (Or click the Plus (+) sign if you are creating a new Backup Set.)
4. Click Backup Source from the menu on the left. (If creating a new set, type in a name for your set and click Next.)
   

   From the Advanced file menu, select the Mail folder.

5. Click the Advanced button and check the box next to: Users\<your username>\Library\Mail. Select Thunderbird in the same Library folder if you use Thunderbird. See this video tutorial on How to Create a Backup Set if you have any trouble.
6. Click OK twice, then Save Setting, then Yes.

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