How do you save old e-mails??

[Greig]

Just wondered how I save old e-mails onto a disk or something.

Haven't really noticed before but I have about 3000 e-mails in my inbox, so just wanted to free up some space.

Thanks

Greig
:oops: :oops:

[Astaroth]

What program are you using for your email?

With Outlook you can create an archive file (.pst) and either manually move messages into it or set outlook to archive messages after X days/ weeks/ months.

[Greig]

I'm using outlook express.

[confused]

ok bit tricker in o/e - no problem having so many mails, but DO back them up. heres how.
In outlook express, click tools/options, then maintenance. Click store folder
you will see something like c:\documents and setting\appdata\biglongstringofnumbersandstuff\
highlight that and copy to clipboard. click start/run and then paste the aforementioned. This will open your "outlook express" folder, you will see several /dbx files which relate to your outlook express folders, for eg inbox.dbx, sent items.dbx.
These are your mails basically, so if you pop these onto a cd or whatever.

[DarrenC]

Archive them as Astaroth mentions.

You can get to this archive if you need to refer to an email later.

[Dawg]

If you run two hard drives, it makes sense to back up to the one that does not have the OS and/or the Programs folder on, the one with only data on as that is less likely to get corrupted. Speaking from experience :?

[confused]

it makes sense to back up to the one that does not have the OS and/or the Programs folder on
but in the above example, and in most examples unless someone has the knowledge, a vast amount wouldnt be backed up. There is a lot that is stored within your profile which is on your system drive, not to mention my documents.
Archive them as Astaroth mentions.
how apart from the way I mentioned above?

[Dawg]

confused, I'm not sure what your point is, maybe I'm being thick again.
My point is that if/when you back up it is best to do it on a different drive. This is because the original is on the system disc, and if the back up is on a seperate data disc, there are two chances of avoiding corruption as against one.
This can be done by copying the folder you made from the desktop to the other drive, or by changing where the files are archived to, (change address in Mail Folder.) If a seperate off system back up is needed this can be made from either.
This won't save all the settings, but those are replicable; the data might not be.
And as to space, even 3000 long emails won't take that much unless they are image rich or something.
Hope this is clearer, and it wasn't really addressing the core problem, so no big deal, just a suggestion to refine things.

[confused]

Im sorry its me that misread, yes you should never backup onto the same drive for reasons you stated.

CALV