I think I have way too much in my Sent Items folder. I want to save most of
these e-mails though. How can I move my e-mails from my Sent Items folder to
a folder with a .dbx extension so I can add them back to an OE folder at a
later date when I want to view them in OE? This folder would be on my hard
drive at a location I choose. If you described it below I just didn't
understand. Thanks.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Then you have two options:

1. Drag individual messages (EML files) from OE to the Windows folder.
Double-click on an EML file to open it in OE.

Drawback: All messages in a "conversation" will have the same name.

2. Move all of the messages you want to archive to a new OE folder you
created for this purpose; let's say you name the folder, e.g.,
"MessagesFromMom".

3. Create a new identity (File | Identities | Add new identity).

4. Import the DBX file associated with the folder you created in #2 above
(e.g., MessagesFromMom.dbx) into the new identity.

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General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [removed in WinXP SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and
do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

QP
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
/QP
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
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~PA Bear


johnnie2130 wrote:
I want to be able to open them later if I choose to for old times sake
although that likely wouldn't be very often.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Do you need to be able to open these archived messages for reference or
do
you just want to save them for old times sake?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

johnnie2130 wrote:
I have a lot of e-mails saved in folders I created in OE6. I'm think
they're
bogging down my OE and causing it to lock up or run slow.

How do I save e-mails from OE 6 folders to my hard drive or another
location? I created a folder in "My Documents" to save them there.
That's
works fine until I try to save two e-mails with the same title (example:
Re. Then it asks if I want to
overright which I don't.

How can I move my e-mails and save all of the ones I want to? Any help
is
appreciated.