How do I access archived emails?

The dat. files can neither be opened nor imported into emclient. How do I then access archived emails?

Hi LSY,

You can import the whole database into eM Client in Menu > File > Restore. Please make sure you have your current database backed-up before restoring from the old backup.

Russel

Hi; I have the same question in mind, and it doesn’t make sense to do a full database “restore”, especially if you just want to look up a specific email. Is there no way to retrieve items from an archive, or even just to retrieve an archive to some temporary folder?
While on the subject - I can’t find any way of archiving apart from the automatic method. Am I missing something? Kindly help.  I have the latest version of Emclient. Is it just because I’m using a free licence while testing the program?