Pat, in an earlier message today I posted this link to INSIDEOE, a very helpful site for Outlook Express users: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive This is a link to a page on that informative site which explains clearly how to archive messages like the ones you have saved. -----Original Message----- From: Patricia [mailto:bunnyleb@senet.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:23 To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] copying a file in Outlook Express I have been putting all my emails that contain Genealogy info in a sub file from my in box in Outlook Express. There are 1800+ emails in this file and I would like to save the whole file they are in to disk, but not sure how to do it. Can someone please help me with this? Many thank Pat --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0433-1, 2004-08-09 Tested on: 11/08/2004 4:01:42 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com