Don't risk losing information you've spent years putting together. With ePreserver, bringing this information over to your new ISP will take you only a few seconds. You can convert Personal Filing Cabinet (PFC) files even if you no longer subscribe to AOL.

 In the past nine years, we've helped over 350,000 people just like you to switch to a new email application. ePreserver is recommended by Google Answers, About.com, Mr. Modem, Data Doctors and the Chicago Tribune.

AOL has evolved over the years, but its email parts are increasingly (perceived as) monolithic, stagnant and a bit awkward. If you decide to switch internet service providers or just email clients (AOL does offer highly useful IMAP access to its spam-protected accounts after all), you likely run into a big stumbling block, the most monolithic probably: messages stored in AOL's "Saved on My PC" filing cabinet cannot be exported, and no major email program knows how to import them directly.

Are you stuck with AOL? No, thanks to ePreserver. Finding the data for your AOL screenname automatically, ePreserver takes you through the process of getting important information out of AOL in a few simple steps. You can export not only email messages but ePreserver also supports address book entries and favorites.

Unfortunately, the selection of email programs (and, in case of favorites, browsers) is limited: ePreserver copies email data to either Outlook Express or Outlook. Of course, since data from these omnipresent programs is usually and easily imported in your favorite application, this additional step can be filled with wasted time and frustration if the transition does not go smooth.

So, while direct support for more email programs were certainly desired, ePreserver as a whole is a nicely done, simple but potentially highly important and useful little tool.

Step 1. Startup

When ePreserver starts, it first tells you what it is going to do.

Step 2. Choose what screen name to copy

ePreserver allows you to choose which screen name you want to use. If the AOL client is not installed, you can also choose the name of an AOL "Organize" directory to use.

Step 3. Choose what to copy

ePreserver allows you to choose exactly what you want to save from AOL. You can copy any combination of your address book, your favorites places, your email saved on AOL and your email saved on your PC.

Step 4. Choose where to put your address book and email

ePreserver can copy your address book and email to either Outlook or Outlook Express. ePreserver will only suggest possibilities that are safe for you to choose.

Step 5. Ready to begin

ePreserver gives you a final summary of what will happen before it starts. Click "Finish" and everything from here happens automatically!