Back up and restore

Since e-mail has become a vital ingredient in today's business affairs, The Bat! offers a powerful backup and restore feature.

Backing up

1.	Go to Tools->Backup

2.	Choose what to backup

3.	Choose which Address Book to backup

4.	For attachments choose if external ones should be stored in message bodies

5.	Choose Standard for a full backup, or Create an update ... for an incremental backup

6.	Enter a comment (optional)

7.	Click OK and enter a file name

Note: You can streamline the process by entering a file name in the dialogue's Backup file line, i.e. to overwrite an existing file.

Beware: When backing up The Bat! to move information into The Bat! Professional you must Store external attachments in message bodies!

Restoring

1.	Go to Tools->Restore

2.	Choose a file from which to restore

3.	Choose what to restore

Click OK

Note: You can restore several archives at once (e.g: if you have performed incremental backups or backed up several accounts separately).