When you use this method, each file will be saved as    (subject).eml

If you highlight the entire folder and drag and drop it, then any that have the same subject name will be numbered (1), (2) at the end of the name.  If you want identically named files to be numbered in a certain order (date received, for instance), sort in that order before doing the drag and drop.

To read a *.eml file in a regular folder, just double-click it (or single-click if that is how you are set up) and it will bring up an Outlook Express Window and display the file.

There is a great application called "Express Assist" that will backup your email into a compressed file, which you can read with this software at any time, even if you no longer have Outlook Express.  It will present an interface similar to O.E. in which it will display your emails and even has a preview window like O.E..  You can then delete files from O.E., yet still have access to them an email-formatted way.

Anna Summers


----- Original Message ----- 
From: J Ottie 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Cleaning Out Outlook Express v. 6


Michael,

You can 'drag and drop' email from an open Outlook Express folder to another folder anywhere on your hard drive. Just create a target folder, open and minimize it to the taskbar, then highlight one, many or all the emails you wish to copy in an open Outlook Express folder and 'drag them' to the minimized target folder in the taskbar. Wait a momemt for the target folder to open and then 'drop' the selected Outlook Express emails into  the folder. Repeat as necessary to complete the job, one folder at a time.

There may be other ways to accomplish this task or third-party problems that do essentially the same thing, but none that I'm aware of save backing up or copying individual Outlook Express .dbx files which comes with its' own set of potential problems.

HTH.

Kind Regards,
Jeffrey Ottie
North America



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From: "Michael Lanspa" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 8:21 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Cleaning Out Outlook Express v. 6


Is there a way to send e-mail messages from OE subfolders to someplace on my C: drive so I can both clean out my subfolders and still be able to access these e-mails, either by re-importing them into OE or access and read them where I send them?

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