One way to handle this is by an email to yourself :-). Open a new message screen in your mail program. Address it to an address you can access from the laptop. Now reduce the size of this new message screen so that you can see your mail program too. Locate the messages you need to move, highlight them, and then "drag" them over on to the new message screen. When you release the mouse button, they will be added to the message as attachments. Give the message a subject relating to the contents of the messages you have attached. Send the message. Open your mail program on your laptop and download the new message (from you). You will see the messages as attachments. Depending on the number you have to move, you may need to send them in batches to avoid a load limit from your ISP. If they are all plain text messages you should be able to move quite a few each time. > -----Original Message----- > From: rjkane@paradise.net.nz > Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:45:01 +1200 > To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? > > I would appreciate some helpful advice on this:- > > I have quite a large number of genealogy-related e-mail messages on my > desk-top computer which I would like to transfer to my lap-top. I > want significantly to cut down on the number of messages I retain and, > for various reasons, it is desirable to do the culling on the laptop. > I do not NOT need to transfer messages back. > > I know of a number of laborious ways of transferring > message-by-message but I would rather not resort to that. > > Both computers run Windows XP Home. > > I do not send or receive mail on the laptop. > > I have a "thumb drive" gadget by which I normally transfer data > between the computers and my most used common word processor is > WordPad. > > The email on the desk-top is Outlook Express 6. > > In previous versions of Windows/Outlook Express configurations I was > able, through Windows Explorer, to get to the mail folders and copy > them to view in a word processor program to save or discard as I > wished. I have not been able to do this on the present set-up. > > The Folder Export facility in OE seems to have only unsuitable (to me) > destinations. > > Bob Kane > > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another option is to start a Word Document titled for the surname subject and then from the person you received from and possibly also your replies. Copy that over to the new computer. It allows you to keep all communications under one title in document and you can add to it as others come in. I do that as I like all info in 'files' for a surname. My titles read (example) SMITH emails from Mary Jones, Tampa FL It gets confusing IF an email covers more than one surname. I'll duplicate it for each surname and mark what is covered in another copy for another name mentioned in a med gray color. ... Just an idea that works for me. -----Original Message----- From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of n.east Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:38 PM To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? One way to handle this is by an email to yourself :-). Open a new message screen in your mail program. Address it to an address you can access from the laptop. Now reduce the size of this new message screen so that you can see your mail program too. Locate the messages you need to move, highlight them, and then "drag" them over on to the new message screen. When you release the mouse button, they will be added to the message as attachments. Give the message a subject relating to the contents of the messages you have attached. Send the message. Open your mail program on your laptop and download the new message (from you). You will see the messages as attachments. Depending on the number you have to move, you may need to send them in batches to avoid a load limit from your ISP. If they are all plain text messages you should be able to move quite a few each time. > -----Original Message----- > From: rjkane@paradise.net.nz > Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:45:01 +1200 > To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? > > I would appreciate some helpful advice on this:- > > I have quite a large number of genealogy-related e-mail messages on my > desk-top computer which I would like to transfer to my lap-top. I want > significantly to cut down on the number of messages I retain and, for > various reasons, it is desirable to do the culling on the laptop. I do > not NOT need to transfer messages back. > > I know of a number of laborious ways of transferring > message-by-message but I would rather not resort to that. > > Both computers run Windows XP Home. > > I do not send or receive mail on the laptop. > > I have a "thumb drive" gadget by which I normally transfer data > between the computers and my most used common word processor is > WordPad. > > The email on the desk-top is Outlook Express 6. > > In previous versions of Windows/Outlook Express configurations I was > able, through Windows Explorer, to get to the mail folders and copy > them to view in a word processor program to save or discard as I > wished. I have not been able to do this on the present set-up. > > The Folder Export facility in OE seems to have only unsuitable (to me) > destinations. > > Bob Kane > > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------- Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1529 - Release Date: 7/1/2008 7:23 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1529 - Release Date: 7/1/2008 7:23 PM

Thank you, n. east. You missed one line in my message:- >> I do not send or receive mail on the laptop. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "n.east" <neast@inbox.com> To: <gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? > One way to handle this is by an email to yourself :-). Open a new > message screen in your mail program. Address it to an address you > can access from the laptop. Now reduce the size of this new message > screen so that you can see your mail program too. Locate the > messages you need to move, highlight them, and then "drag" them over > on to the new message screen. When you release the mouse button, > they will be added to the message as attachments. Give the message a > subject relating to the contents of the messages you have attached. > Send the message. Open your mail program on your laptop and download > the new message (from you). You will see the messages as > attachments. Depending on the number you have to move, you may need > to send them in batches to avoid a load limit from your ISP. If they > are all plain text messages you should be able to move quite a few > each time. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: rjkane@paradise.net.nz >> Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:45:01 +1200 >> To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? >> >> I would appreciate some helpful advice on this:- >> >> I have quite a large number of genealogy-related e-mail messages on >> my >> desk-top computer which I would like to transfer to my lap-top. I >> want significantly to cut down on the number of messages I retain >> and, >> for various reasons, it is desirable to do the culling on the >> laptop. >> I do not NOT need to transfer messages back. >> >> I know of a number of laborious ways of transferring >> message-by-message but I would rather not resort to that. >> >> Both computers run Windows XP Home. >> >> I do not send or receive mail on the laptop. >> >> I have a "thumb drive" gadget by which I normally transfer data >> between the computers and my most used common word processor is >> WordPad. >> >> The email on the desk-top is Outlook Express 6. >> >> In previous versions of Windows/Outlook Express configurations I >> was >> able, through Windows Explorer, to get to the mail folders and copy >> them to view in a word processor program to save or discard as I >> wished. I have not been able to do this on the present set-up. >> >> The Folder Export facility in OE seems to have only unsuitable (to >> me) >> destinations. >> >> Bob Kane >> >> >> -------------------------------------- >> Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at >> gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message