The 100 MB limit is a suggestion. The larger the DBX files get, the
more prone to corruption they are.

But that really applies to active DBX files (ones that are getting
modified). If you are using the file simply as a static archive, and
have presumably made a backup copy, that's not a major concern.

For archiving purposes, you can simply copy the desired DBX files to
another medium. CDs are suitable You can restore a single DBX file as
needed.
How to import a single mail folder (*.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
For an alternate description, see the last paragraph he
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Another option is to convert the DBX files to EML files. You get one
EML file per message. You can then copy the EML files to CD. EML files
can be read directly from CD by double clicking to open in an OE message
reading window. No restoring required. One of the following programs
would be useful for creating the EML files.

DBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
DBXpress - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
DBXtend - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

OEX Enhancements - Import/Export/Resend/Duplicates/Attachments, etc.
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx

DbxConv - DBX to MBOX/EML converter by Ulrich Krebs
http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/dbxconv.html

Outlook Express Extraction
http://macallan.club.fr/index.htm



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Visitor" wrote in message
...
I have been remiss.

There are two and a half years worth of e-mails with plenty of
attachments
sitting in my outlook express 6.

I am required to save them for 10 years.

I have now saved them into folders for six month periods:

May - Dec 03 = 62,000 kb

Jan - June 04 = 216,000 kb

Jul - Dec 04 = 181,000 kb

Jan - Jun 05 = 204,000 kb

Jul - Dec 05 = 298,000 kb

Sometimes I have to go back and use some of the old messages.

I have read Mr. Hagen's comments in another thread that "Keep user
created
folders under 100MB", so I guess I will have to divide the above into
smaller
folders.

1. Any suggested strategies for backing them up and storing them
somewhere
else?

2. Any suggestions regarding whether to use an online storage system
such as
xdrive.com, buy another hard drive and connect it to my computer, or
use cds.

3. In another thread Dguess Wrote: Create a Backup folder. Copy the
dbx file
(drag and drop is a lot faster) from the message store folder to the
backup
folder. That's all that is needed.

Don't I also have to back up the folder, inbox, sent items dbx files?

If I back up each of the folders I want, plus the above three, can I
do so
to different compact disks and then if I need the files, can I copy
each
folder from those disks to a single folder and somehow get outlook
express to
let me search each folder for the message I want?

4. Does the program at oehelp.com allow me to backup only selected
folders?

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

5. The inside outlook express process for backing up selected folders
at
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...al.htm#folders

appears to copy the inbox, outbox and folder dbx files along with the
folder
I wanted to back up.

If I have 5 folders to back up, does it add the three above to each?
Is that
a problem when later I want to search them for particular messages?

6. Should I just upgrade my version of windows xp and use its backup
program? Would it allow me to backup the above selected files rather
than
everything in my outlook express mail folders?

7. Should I just switch to Outlook? Would it allow me to backup the
above
selected files rather than everything in my outlook express mail
folders?

8. Yes, my plan is to back up and remove files more frequently. I
think I
should keep six months around on my computer because my customers
often
require me to refer to old e-mails.

Thank you very much for any guidance you may be able to provide.