Marcia, Outlook Express (OE) does not save messages individually. I started to explain how the messages are stored, etc. but I'm afraid that would just get too confusing. Here is the simple explanation: Find the directory where OE stores messages. The default would be: C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\*User Name*\Mail Note that the "*User Name*" depends on what you entered in OE account setup. Inside the \Mail directory you will find a bunch of files. There are two files for each folder in OE. The files with the extension MBX are where the messages are stored (each MBX file is like a little database) and the files with the extension IDX are the index for each matching MBX file. It is not recommended that you move these files. If you can tell me exactly what you want to do I can tell you whether it is possible with OE. If you are thinking that you can keep messages in two different places, I don't think that's easy with OE. You could save each individual message in EML format but that would take quite a while if you have many messages and you would have to open each message to see what it was. Please be more specific and I'll try to help. Tom -----Original Message----- From: marcia collins <mcollins@sfths.sft434.k12.ks.us> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 2:00 PM Subject: computor question >can someone help me just a little here....I have Internet explorer 4.4 >outlook express for my mail....all my files are full, and I am getting ready >to help moderate a list...more on that later...however, I want to move my >mail to my zip drive., I cannot find what files to move, I explore, and for >some reason,, I am not able to tell my mail files names, I really am NOT >stupid, just confused here > would appreciated a short shove in the right directions. >thanks >marcia > > > >==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >