Outlook/email help

Cloud · 10-19-2009, 02:58 PM

I've got an email folder (on a particular client matter) with hundreds of emails on it. How can I copy these onto a disc?

Flint · 10-19-2009, 05:46 PM

What I always do is 1) expand the folder to view all messages, 2) select all messages: select first one, shift+click the last one, 3) open another directory where you want them copied 4) drag and drop!

These will .msg files that will open with Outlook or Outlook Express.

Cloud · 10-19-2009, 05:52 PM

Thanks, Flint. I guess I've got someone to show me how to export into a .pst file. A bit cumbersome.

Flint · 10-19-2009, 06:06 PM

I'm just sayin', drag-and-drop is nice and easy...

Cloud · 10-19-2009, 06:24 PM

let me try it

Cloud · 10-19-2009, 06:27 PM

huh. That actually does work. I wonder why it copies the emails instead of moving them completely?

Flint · 10-19-2009, 06:31 PM

Do you want them gone from Outlook? Right after you move them, before you do anything else, the exact emails you copied are still highlighted in Outlook. Confirm that you have them in the new location, and you can Delete the whole highlighted batch from Outlook. Depending on your Outlook settings, they probably still aren't "deleted" but just in the "deleted" folder.

10-19-2009, 02:58 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Outlook/email help I've got an email folder (on a particular client matter) with hundreds of emails on it. How can I copy these onto a disc? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-19-2009, 05:46 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What I always do is 1) expand the folder to view all messages, 2) select all messages: select first one, shift+click the last one, 3) open another directory where you want them copied 4) drag and drop! These will .msg files that will open with Outlook or Outlook Express. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-19-2009, 05:52 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Thanks, Flint. I guess I've got someone to show me how to export into a .pst file. A bit cumbersome. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-19-2009, 06:06 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm just sayin', drag-and-drop is nice and easy... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-19-2009, 06:24 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	let me try it __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-19-2009, 06:27 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	huh. That actually does work. I wonder why it copies the emails instead of moving them completely? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-19-2009, 06:31 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Do you want them gone from Outlook? Right after you move them, before you do anything else, the exact emails you copied are still highlighted in Outlook. Confirm that you have them in the new location, and you can Delete the whole highlighted batch from Outlook. Depending on your Outlook settings, they probably still aren't "deleted" but just in the "deleted" folder. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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