| Besides the spam that you get on a daily | | | | for Outlook Express, if you are using another |
| basis there are actually real email that you | | | | email program your will have to consult that |
| would like to keep, and you consider | | | | program manual. |
| important enough that you might need them for | | | | |
| reference some day, however storing those | | | | 1. Start Outlook Express. |
| important e-mail on your hard drive is risky. | | | | |
| So what can you do? I 'm glad you are reading | | | | 2. In the top menu bar click on Tools. |
| this article because you will find out. | | | | |
| | | | 3. When the window drops down click on |
| Generally in most email programs you have the | | | | Options. |
| ability save and archive those very important | | | | |
| emails buy copying or transferring them to a | | | | 4. Once you click on options there will be |
| removal storage media such as a CD or DVD. | | | | another window that will open in that window |
| With those emails now transferred to a | | | | click on the Maintenance Tab. |
| removal media you can delete them off of your | | | | |
| hard drive, and in a sense, doing yourself | | | | 5. Almost all the down at the bottom of the |
| two favors. | | | | page right above troubleshooting you will see |
| | | | "click Store Folder to change the location of |
| 1. You just gained a little more space on | | | | your message store" now click on the Store |
| hard drive, or gained a ton of space if you | | | | Folder button. Once you have click on Store |
| have a ton emails that you were saving. | | | | Folder the Store Location window will appear. |
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| 2. Now you don't have to worry about loosing | | | | 6. High light the path name in the Store |
| those e-mails if your hard drive were to ever | | | | location dialoged box by cling and dragging |
| crash. One point for you and the computer | | | | over the path name text, the press CTRL C to |
| gods none. | | | | copy that text to your clip board. |
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| Microsoft Outlook Express stores email in | | | | 7. Close Outlook Express. |
| what is called a .dbx file. Each folder in | | | | |
| your Outlook Express contains a DBX file, for | | | | 8. Right click on the start button on the |
| example, all of the messages in your primary | | | | bottom left hand of your computer, and then |
| inbox will have a DBX file and sent items.dbx | | | | click on Explore. Highlight the current text |
| will have all the messages in your sent items | | | | that is in the address field and press CTRL-V |
| folder. | | | | to paste the path that you copied from |
| | | | Outlook Express, and then press Enter. |
| Depending on how many emails that you want to | | | | |
| save and archive you may want to think about | | | | 9. Click on the very fist file and then press |
| compressing those messages making them | | | | CRTL-A to select the all the files at once. |
| smaller in overall size, thus using less | | | | Now you drag all the files into your software |
| space when you're ready to transfer them to | | | | burning program or you can right click and |
| your removal media. However, this process is | | | | then click Send To and then click the drive |
| optional, CD are relatively inexpensive and | | | | that contains your removable media. The Send |
| unless you have been saving email since | | | | to option can be a little confusing at times |
| Windows 3.1 there is a good chance you will | | | | and you may just want to use the software |
| be able to transfer all of your archived | | | | that come with CD Recorder as it actually may |
| messages on to one 700mb CD. | | | | be a bit simpler to burn those files on to |
| | | | your CD. |
| Ok let's get started! These instructions are | | | | |