[Cooker] Backup of Sylpheed Data

Hi buddies!!! I wanna format the ext2 but I do not wannna loose my mail archives and my address book. How can I make a backup of those files and, after the reinstallation recover them??? Thanks

[Cooker] ReiserFs and Fatx ???

ReiserFs' performance in comparison with ext2. Thanks a lot!!! Nicolas Gomez Montevideo, URUGUAY