I go this route on a regular basis for backing up my OE messages. I also am able to drag them on the my external hard drive and if need be to my laptop. Go to Windows Explorer first of all I start a new folder on the C drive or whatever letter your drive is and call it email backups. Then go to your documents and settings and the folder that you use. Open up Local Settings, it is important to make sure that you have all hidden files available to view. Then Application Data then open Identities that opens a number folder click on that and you will see the folder Microsoft click on that then you will see the folder Outlook Express. In there is all your folders with your emails in, I just then copy all and paste to the email backup folder. Now you can copy that across to your laptop and copy it back in to the Oulook Express folder by going the same route as you copied it out of open up OE and you will see all the emails there. regards Tricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ Kane" <rjkane@paradise.net.nz> To: <gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:45 AM 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