Hi Gloria, Yes, I do understand. We are doing the same thing and I agree that it works quite well and hope others are doing similar revisions of their mail. I also frequently will pull/copy from digests just the information I want and mail that to myself. But the volume in my mailbox, on my zip drive, and on old floppies, is just becoming burdensome. I keep hoping there's a better way. The fact is I don't like filing and hope a program will take over some of this work. If a Quicken program can keep your finances, I don't see why a filing program can't keep your files <hope, hope, hope!>. Best, Elaine Gloria Daum wrote: > Hi Elaine, you write: > > "every time I want to re-read or re-send something, I find I must > search the messages or material with a guess at the key words in the body > of the email " > > My solution is: > When I have a name or specific info that I want to keep in a posting I > receive, I fwd. the letter to myself, changing the "subject" to the > info./name that will catch my attention when looking for it later in the > "sent" mail. Do you understand? Gloria > > ---------- > > From: Elaine Maddox <elainetm@worldnet.att.net> > > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Organization > > Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 9:04 PM > > > > Hi Dick, > > > > My research is all there, but every time I want to re-read or re-send > something, I find I must > > search the messages or material with a guess at the key words in the body > of the email or > > document. I am hoping a filing program will make that easier. I already > am anually filing under > > "family" (separate folders for separate family names), "books re > genealogy," "Research," and so on > > and so on. The Netscape mail program is a good one for dividing mail. I > also use FTM and > > recently bought Ultimate because it was very inexpensive and offers a > slightly different report. > > But one always hopes for something better when it comes to filing . . . . > . . > > > > > > > > Dick Schweiss wrote: > > > > > Beth (and all) > > > > > > Ratherthan spend money on another program ... however good ... why not > > > just make a new FOLDER on your C-Drive, and put all that "excess" > > > material there... untill iy's needed ??? > > > > > > Just an idea.. > > > > > > Dick Schweiss > > > dicks@sttl.uswest.net > > > Tacoma, WA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > > Don't forget to stop by our business web page for FREE genealogy forms > and charts! We are adding more all the time!!!! > > http://www.genrecords.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >