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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1826800" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>This may not be practicable for you as it is me, but I archive old email that I like to keep to an external hard drive. I select the mail I want to move (highlight the first one and then shift select the rest) and then drag them to my drive. I have the external drive setup with folders according to subject. The mail gets copied to the drive in *.eml format. By double clicking on any one of the copied files will open your mail program and that allows you to read the mail.</p><p></p><p>It can be quite a chore setting up the external drive as you want to make sure you can find a particular mail otherwise it will be hunt and peck.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you move the mail in small amounts otherwise you may overload the system and freeze the drive. Deleting the unwanted mail is easy once you archive what you wish to keep and safely move it to the external drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1826800, member: 46727"] This may not be practicable for you as it is me, but I archive old email that I like to keep to an external hard drive. I select the mail I want to move (highlight the first one and then shift select the rest) and then drag them to my drive. I have the external drive setup with folders according to subject. The mail gets copied to the drive in *.eml format. By double clicking on any one of the copied files will open your mail program and that allows you to read the mail. It can be quite a chore setting up the external drive as you want to make sure you can find a particular mail otherwise it will be hunt and peck. Make sure you move the mail in small amounts otherwise you may overload the system and freeze the drive. Deleting the unwanted mail is easy once you archive what you wish to keep and safely move it to the external drive. [/QUOTE]
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