John, one of the best sources for OE help and tips is InsideOE. Here you will find a method to archive your messages for saving on a CD: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive Another good way of reducing the load in OE is to use GMail as your mail account/s. GMail allows a storage of 2+GB far more than any one of us would really exceed. The messages are easily searched (similar fashion to a Google search). You can read about GMail here: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html I use specific GMail accounts for different purposes and even have one for archiving mail received from other addresses. If you would like a GMail account let me know and I will send an invitation. Lance P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii -----Original Message----- From: John Warnock [mailto:twojays@tik.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2005 1:10 PM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD I think this has been answered before but I can't find it. Please how do I save my email messages in Outlook Express to a CD , so I can ease the load in OE ??? John from West Aus

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:52 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD > John, one of the best sources for OE help and tips is InsideOE. Here you > will find a method to archive your messages for saving on a CD: > http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive > > Another good way of reducing the load in OE is to use GMail as your mail > account/s. GMail allows a storage of 2+GB far more than any one of us would > really exceed. The messages are easily searched (similar fashion to a Google > search). You can read about GMail here: > http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html > I use specific GMail accounts for different purposes and even have one for > archiving mail received from other addresses. If you would like a GMail > account let me know and I will send an invitation. > > Lance Similar topic, different problem - I am about to install the software for my new DSL subscription. It mentions that it will automatically set up OE mail if you want it. When I switched from MSN to Earthlink last time I lost all of my saved mail because it wiped out OE and set up an entirely new one, completely empty. I never did recover the files. How can I avoid losing the thousands of saved messages in my local folders? Sharyn

Sharyn, your OE files are all contained in a ".DBX" file. Again, the InsideOE site offers help in this area. Read about a handy backup utility here: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/ And this page offers advice on importing your folders: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 Probably, what did occur when you last changed is that you allowed that service to install a new version of Internet Explorer as part of their setup. Outlook Express is a component of IE. This could have removed your ability to "see" your old ".dbx" folders, even though they may have been (or still are) there. Do a search for "*.dbx" files and see what you find. May work. Lance P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii -----Original Message----- From: Sharyn Hay [mailto:storknurse7@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2005 10:36 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:52 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD > John, one of the best sources for OE help and tips is InsideOE. Here you > will find a method to archive your messages for saving on a CD: > http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive > > Another good way of reducing the load in OE is to use GMail as your mail > account/s. GMail allows a storage of 2+GB far more than any one of us would > really exceed. The messages are easily searched (similar fashion to a Google > search). You can read about GMail here: > http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html > I use specific GMail accounts for different purposes and even have one for > archiving mail received from other addresses. If you would like a GMail > account let me know and I will send an invitation. > > Lance Similar topic, different problem - I am about to install the software for my new DSL subscription. It mentions that it will automatically set up OE mail if you want it. When I switched from MSN to Earthlink last time I lost all of my saved mail because it wiped out OE and set up an entirely new one, completely empty. I never did recover the files. How can I avoid losing the thousands of saved messages in my local folders? Sharyn ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To leave the list, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.11/26 - Release Date: 2005-06-22

This site is great .....thank you! Ruth in NJ

Thanks Lance & all , I prefer to stay with OE and have found a way to do what I wanted to do, Which is to copy all stored emails to a word file and then copy them to a CD for future use ---John John from West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:52 AM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD John, one of the best sources for OE help and tips is InsideOE. Here you will find a method to archive your messages for saving on a CD: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive

When I opened 1st link, the words we re writ ten like thi s and much too hard for me to absorb. When I tried to open 2nd link, it skipped to "Shiney Feet". Anyone else have these problems? Gold ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD > John, one of the best sources for OE help and tips is InsideOE. Here you > will find a method to archive your messages for saving on a CD: > http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#archive > > Another good way of reducing the load in OE is to use GMail as your mail > account/s. GMail allows a storage of 2+GB far more than any one of us would > really exceed. The messages are easily searched (similar fashion to a Google > search). You can read about GMail here: > http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html > I use specific GMail accounts for different purposes and even have one for > archiving mail received from other addresses. If you would like a GMail > account let me know and I will send an invitation. > > Lance > > > P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy > program can be downloaded FREE at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii > -----Original Message----- > From: John Warnock [mailto:twojays@tik.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2005 1:10 PM > To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Saving Messages in OE to a CD > > I think this has been answered before but I can't find it. Please how do I > save my email messages in Outlook Express to a CD , so I can ease the load > in OE ??? > John from West Aus > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >