Preferences:
Always be prepared!

This feature allows the user to choose the settings of Genie Outlook Backup

To reach the Preferences window press the "Preferences" button in the main menu, or, from the menu bar, choose "Tools" then "Preferences"

General Setting:


Auto Upgrade of the program, the following are the options for frequency of checking for Genie Outlook Backup updates:

  • Don't check for update
  • Once a week
  • Once a month

    In addition to the "Check for update now" option.

Changing layout button

This button allows the user to change the layout of the program from “Easy” layout to "Normal" layout. (And vice versa)

Two checkboxes to allow the user to choose to:

  • Be prompted to confirm on quit
  • Always assign .bol extentions to Genie Outlook Backup

Temporary Location

    This option enables the user to determine the location of the temporary folder on the disk. The temporary location stores temporary data used during the backup and restore process and is deleted after the task is finished. The default option causes Genie Outlook Backup to scan the hard disk and determine the best temporary location. Or the user can choose to determine the temporary location manually by pressing the browse button.

   
Sounds:


Enable sound alerts: Selecting this checkbox will enable associating sounds with Genie Outlook Backup events

Events: This is a list showing all Genie Outlook Backup events that the user can add sound alerts to, these include:

  • Finishing verifying data: The sound will play when Genie Outlook Backup verifies the data intended for backup and calculates its size
  • Changing Disk: The sound will play to alert the user that he needs to insert a new disk to continue a multiple disk spanning session
  • Successfully backing up data: This sound will play when backing up the data is completed successfully
  • Finishing backing up data with errors: The sound will play when backing up data is completed and Genie Outlook Backup encountered errors in the process
  • Finishing testing data: Sound will play when Genie Outlook Backup finishes testing the backup file integrity successfully after using the "Test backup" option.

Enable selected sound alert: Applies the selected event sound

Sound file name: Specifies a sound file to be associated with the selected event

Preview: Plays the selected sound file for preview

   

Backup Settings:


Backup compression level

Allows the user to choose from the different compression levels, ranging between no compression and 9, where 6 is default and 9 is best.

Veriyfing backup, here the user has a choice between:

  • Automatically verify my backup: verifys the backup run each time without prompting the user.
  • Show verification dialog: Displays a dialog asking the user whether he wants to verify the backed up data.
  • Don't verify or show dialog (Not recommended)

Two checkboxes, allowing the user to choose either to:

  • Always show backup log file: Causes Genie Outlook Backup to always display the log file created by the backup run.
  • Backup without closing Outlook:
   
Restore Settings:


Rename existing file, if identical to restored file name, here the user can choose from two checkboxes (or all of them) which contain the type of programs supported, and these are:

  • Outlook
  • Windows Address Book

When restoring a file thats already on the computer, the user can select one of three radio buttons in order to:

  • Not to replace files on the computer
  • Replace files on the disk only if they are older
  • Always replace the files on the computer.

Always show the restore log file, the user has the option of showing the restore log file by selecting the checkbox.

   
E-mail Notification Settings:


    The user can choose to receive a notification email either when the backup process is finished or when an error occurs during the backup process.

    The E-mail Notification Settings are:

    A- Enable e-mail notification: You can choose to enable this feature.
    B- SMTP Server: Enter the name of the SMTP server
    C- Port: Enter the SMTP port number. The default value is 25.
    D- From: You can choose to edit the sender’s mailbox
    E- To: Enter the email address that would receive the email notification
    F- Subject: You can choose to edit the subject of the notification email

    G- Attach Backup log file: You can choose to attach the HTML backup log file to the notification email. The backup log file contains much more details than the notification email

    H- Authentication Method: Genie Outlook Backup 4.0 now supports different SMTP authentication methods which include:

  • None
  • AUTH LOGIN
  • CRAM MD5
  • LOGIN PLAIN

    I- Send Test E-mail: You can choose to send a test notification email using the settings you soecified

   
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