hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files set up
in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of hte jobs have
ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I found some
information that said to compress the file. which i have done. the
instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk. how and or where
do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and option to select
where the file is compressed to.

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

cdyer wrote:
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files
set up in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of
hte jobs have ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I
found some information that said to compress the file. which i have
done. the instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk.
how and or where do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and
option to select where the file is compressed to.

all o f these links talk about backing up. I want to remove the folder from
oe and put that folder on a floppy disk

"PA Bear" wrote:

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

cdyer wrote:
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files
set up in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of
hte jobs have ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I
found some information that said to compress the file. which i have
done. the instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk.
how and or where do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and
option to select where the file is compressed to.

Backup (copy) the folder's DBX file to floppy.

NB: You will not be able to open (read) the folder's messages on the floppy.
You will need to import the DBX file back into OE to do so.
--
~PA Bear


cdyer wrote:
all o f these links talk about backing up. I want to remove the folder
from oe and put that folder on a floppy disk

"PA Bear" wrote:

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

cdyer wrote:
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files
set up in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of
hte jobs have ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I
found some information that said to compress the file. which i have
done. the instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk.
how and or where do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me
and option to select where the file is compressed to.

Compacting, not compressing, only removes wasted space on your HDD. It does
not affect e-mail that is saved and it doesn't send it anywhere.

There are a couple of ways to save the messages to a CD that is readable.
Create a folder on your Desktop, then in Outlook Express open the folder
with the messages you want to save. Highlight one message, then Ctrl+A will
highlight them all, (or hold the Ctrl button down while you select only the
messages you want), Now, drag and drop them to the folder on your Desktop.
(Easiest if the folder shortcut is on the Taskbar).

Now you can copy that folder to a CD and you will be able to read the
messages on the CD by double-clicking on them.

The downside of this is that messages that have the same subject will be
overwritten. To avoid this, purchase:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"cdyer" wrote in message
...
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files set
up
in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of hte jobs
have
ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I found some
information that said to compress the file. which i have done. the
instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk. how and or
where
do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and option to select
where the file is compressed to.

WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Compacting, not compressing, only removes wasted space on your HDD. It does
not affect e-mail that is saved and it doesn't send it anywhere.

There are a couple of ways to save the messages to a CD that is readable.
Create a folder on your Desktop, then in Outlook Express open the folder
with the messages you want to save. Highlight one message, then Ctrl+A will
highlight them all, (or hold the Ctrl button down while you select only the
messages you want), Now, drag and drop them to the folder on your Desktop.
(Easiest if the folder shortcut is on the Taskbar).

Now you can copy that folder to a CD and you will be able to read the
messages on the CD by double-clicking on them.

The downside of this is that messages that have the same subject will be
overwritten. To avoid this, purchase:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"cdyer" wrote in message
...
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files set
up
in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of hte jobs
have
ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I found some
information that said to compress the file. which i have done. the
instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk. how and or
where
do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and option to select
where the file is compressed to.

You're welcome, cdyer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"cdyer" wrote in message
...
WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Compacting, not compressing, only removes wasted space on your HDD. It
does
not affect e-mail that is saved and it doesn't send it anywhere.

There are a couple of ways to save the messages to a CD that is readable.
Create a folder on your Desktop, then in Outlook Express open the folder
with the messages you want to save. Highlight one message, then Ctrl+A
will
highlight them all, (or hold the Ctrl button down while you select only
the
messages you want), Now, drag and drop them to the folder on your
Desktop.
(Easiest if the folder shortcut is on the Taskbar).

Now you can copy that folder to a CD and you will be able to read the
messages on the CD by double-clicking on them.

The downside of this is that messages that have the same subject will be
overwritten. To avoid this, purchase:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"cdyer" wrote in message
...
hey i have no idea if I am in the right spot or not. I have sub-files
set
up
in outlook express for each "job" i am working on. A couple of hte
jobs
have
ended and I want to save the emails to a floppy disk. I found some
information that said to compress the file. which i have done. the
instruction then say to find the file and save to the disk. how and or
where
do i find the file. outlook express doesn't give me and option to
select
where the file is compressed to.

[No, (s)he's not...]

Bruce Hagen wrote:
You're welcome, cdyer.