Al How wrong you are on this topic. I use Outlook Express ver. 5.0 and I save all of me important email to zipdisk once a month. I did not want to post this to the list as it does not apply to genealogy. I have sent instructions to Vee and to Evelyn. I am waiting to here back from them as to how it worked for them. If anyone wants to know how to do this, contact me off list and I would be happy to help. Jim > The full version of Outlook has an archival feature. Outlook Express does > not. There is not a way to archive old email in Outlook Express. That is why > I paid the for the full version of Outlook. Best Buy or > Circuit City should have Outlook separate from the rest of the Microsoft > Office Suite. > > Al Salz