Woody, Thanks for the information on "archiving" emails in OE. This is a big help. Walt in PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <senior-newbie-request@rootsweb.com> To: <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:02 AM Subject: SENIOR-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 110 > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to > which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides > with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Archiving (Walter R. Fleet) > 2. Re: Archiving (tefarris@peoplepc.com) > 3. Re: Archiving Email messages (WoodyWoodworth@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 06:03:42 -0400 > From: "Walter R. Fleet" <wfleet@zitomedia.net> > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Archiving > To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <3535C6B88EDB482392D16396708D52BD@WaltPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Woody, > > It is a form of "back up" when archiving, but it is also a means of > categorizing emails by subject. > > Walt in PA > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:25:22 -0500 > From: <tefarris@peoplepc.com> > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Archiving > To: "Walter R. Fleet" <wfleet@zitomedia.net>, > <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <65BF75CB92B7428986D00131A6BF79EF@Truemans> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > How does this work? Is it purchased software? > Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walter R. Fleet" <wfleet@zitomedia.net> > To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 5:03 AM > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Archiving > > >> Woody, >> >> It is a form of "back up" when archiving, but it is also a means of >> categorizing emails by subject. >> >> Walt in PA >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:31:06 EDT > From: WoodyWoodworth@aol.com > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Archiving Email messages > To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c3b.5921e97d.37ada2ba@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In Outlook Express (OE), for archiving, what I do is move certain e-mails > and old mail out of the "IN" folder to other OE folders. > > 1. Create new folders with the title of a sender that sends a lot of > mail, such as "John Smith". > 2. With the "IN" folder open and all "in" mail listed, click on the top > of the "From" column to alphabetize it. That places all "John Smith" > e-mail together. > 3. Highlight older files from "John Smith", and then drag the > highlighted e-mails to the John Smith folder. > 4. Repeat process for other high volume senders. > 5. Make a general folder for "old mail". > > NOTE: It's good to keep the "In" folder size small, as a small folder > has > less chance for becoming corrupted. > ------------------------------ > Backing up in Outlook Express: > > NOTE: OE keeps all of its e-mail in DBX files. For example, the Inbox > folder is kept in the Inbox.dbx file, and the Sent Items is kept ins Sent > Items.dbx, etc. > > NOTE: The best way to simplify back up is to have OE store its DBX files > in "My Documents", and then when "My Documents" is backed up, OE is > backed > up. OE's "Help" tells how to do this, but it should be done before any > mail is saved, or mail in the old location is ignored. > > To back up the dbx files, > > 1. First prepare your backup external hard drive, flash drive, or > temporary folder for creating a CD by creating a folder in it with a name > such as > "OE back up dbx files". > > 2. Do a search on C drive for ".dbx". The result shows all files on C > drive with a .dbx extension, which are all of your OE's dbx files. > Highlight those files, copy, and then paste to your backup folder. > > There are other ways to back up OE. To find those ways, Google on the > following terms, with quotation marks as shown within the brackets: > > [ "backing up" "outlook express" ] > > Woody > > > ============================ > _wfleet@zitomedia.net_ (mailto:wfleet@zitomedia.net) writes: > > Would someone please give me a step by step on how to archive email > messages using Outlook Express. > > Thank you, > > Walt in Pennsylvania > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SENIOR-NEWBIE list administrator, send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SENIOR-NEWBIE mailing list, send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SENIOR-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 110 > *********************************************