Can Outlook Express 5 be forced to store its mail and address book data anywhere on the HD?
Yes. Mac Outlook Express 5.x allows you to store your mail in any location on your local drives so long as you can specify exactly where the application should look for the data. An example should make things a bit clearer… • Quit Outlook Express if it is running • Move your Identities folder (wherever it is) to the desired location • Make an alias of the newly-moved Identities folder (highlight it, then go to File > Make Alias) • Move this alias to Mac HD:Documents:Microsoft User Data: • Make sure the alias is labelled “Identities” (without quotes) – if you have left the old Identities folder in this pathway, get rid of it otherwise you won’t be able to rename the alias When Outlook Express is next launched, it should look at this alias and resolve it to the location of the original folder, which will be wherever you placed it during stage (2).
