Thank you, Donna; That would be good for message-by-message copying but not for the bulk copying of folders that I would like to do. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix" <dstfelix@erinet.com> To: <gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] More RE: Mail copying? >I forgot to mention below .... > If you do use the Word Document idea, put the email on FORWARD and > then copy > it so you can also copy the full header things. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix [mailto:dstfelix@erinet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:32 PM > To: 'gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com' > Subject: RE: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Mail copying? > > > 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 > > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------- > 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 >