I do want to save just like you describe below and My cable was offline so when it came back up I tried to do the save on a very small mailbox,only 6 messages but I tried it as a test but it said that my MAPI store could not be found so I am still looking for other ways I only have a few set to go directly to a folder and every morning I go through my mail ,over 60 messages this morning and after I delete the unwanted ones I sort and or answer as I go and the only window that comes up says Corel 8 Settings in a box Still hoping I can do this Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Meador" <[email protected]> To: "'Sandra E. T. Duncan'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 9:10 PM Subject: RE: [FO] Saved E-Mail > Sandra, > > From my understanding of your e-mail - you want to save your e-mails in > some organized fashion so that you can read them later. I have been > doing this for years and it is very easy. > > Rough steps (using Outlook, not Express). > > Set rules to have mail go directly to specific folders. If you don't > want to do this, have all mail come to your inbox and hold and drop the > mail with your mouse to the special folders you want them to go into. > (I always delete unwanted e-mail immediately upon receipt). > > When you have many (50-100) e-mails in a specific folder you can then > "export" it to a file. > > This process starts with the "file" menu with the selection of > "import-export" > > You then select "export to a file" > > You then select "comma separated values (windows)" > > Then they will ask you for a folder to export > > Then you are asked for name and "path" top put the new file into. Do > this, I usually include a file name such a c:\documents\Family Origins > e-mail 8-8-02. > > This will give you a file that you can open using Word (be sure that all > files are shown). The file you want to open will be an Excel file with > the name you have given it. > > Then you do a "save-as" and select "rich text" for the format. - use the > same name. > > You now have a Word document that you can read and manipulate with all > the features of Word. I use the "replace command to rid myself of a lot > of the unnecessary information. > > You can use this process to create several files and use the file insert > command within Word to combine files into one larger file over time. > > Don't forget to delete the e-mails from the outlook folder. > > I use a text search program (Quick Find) to locate strings of > information (text) that I am researching. I have over 30,000 pages of > e-mails in documents. > > Hope this helps. > > Bob Meador > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra E. T. Duncan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FO] Saved E-Mail > > I save E-mail all the time and I have tons saved for [FO] Now I would > like > to put it all on a "CD" to save, I already have 106 for August > Yes I know there are archives but I sure would like to do this while I > am > still young any help ? > SANDRA TYLER DUNCAN > Sacramento,CA > http://www.gencircles.com/users/purplevw1/1/ > http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm > all my mail scanned by Norton > Below is the only place that will accept attachments > [email protected] > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > My very basic Windows beginners help: > http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm > basic HTML: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/ > > >