ExSp33db1rd wrote:
How do you do that ? I've long bemoaned the fact that I can't "easily" just send all my Inbox to a CD, or USB for long term storage before wiping them completely off my computer. I've been given a few suggestions, but all needed to move each e-mail one at a time - Life's too short. I'd like to select "All" and then instead of "Delete All" which one can do, just transfer "All" to another storage device. Doesn't seem possible - unless you know better ? (Please !)
All I do is:
1. Create a new 'archive' folder on the desktop.
2. Move the Outlook page edge so that I can see both the e-mail lists and the new folder.
3. Select the e-mail folder of interest.
4. Left click on the e-mail title I want to archive, then 'drag' the highlight to the folder.
5. If I want to archive several selected e-mails at the same time, press 'Ctrl' at the same time as left clicking. When they're highlighted, just drag one of the highlighted e-mails to the folder and all the others will follow.
6. If I want to archive all the e-mails listed in the folder between 2 e-mails of interest, press 'Shift' and left click the 2 e-mails in turn; all the e-mails between will then be highlighted. Then just drag one of the highlighted e-mails to the 'archive' folder.
7. When I'm happy with the archive folder, I just copy it to a USB stick.
The actions above won't delete your e-mails from Outlook, so you'll still need to delete them if you don't want them left on your computer. The only drawback is that the 'archive' folder won't show the original e-mail date in the list - all items are shown with the date of archiving.
Geeks might have slicker ways, but I find my method intuitive and without risk.