What I have done in the past with emails that I wish to save is just select the ones I want to save them locally in an archive....I can't tell you what format as I'm using the PC at work right now and don't have access to my Mac.....but I can tell you that with Tiger, you can search the archives and find anything you need, you just need to know 'what' you're looking for. Like I had a lot of product registrations saved in one of these archives. I knew the name of the app, typed it into spotlight and it found it in the archive (within seconds, I might add). Also, you can use Entourage, not Outlook on the Mac.....I use it on rare occasions (I don't like some of it's 'features') but I don't believe that it has the ability to archive any better than you can from the OS X mail app (I could be wrong).
Tim On Saturday, August 06, 2005, at 08:52PM, Rad Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I use the Mail.app included in X. I use it for an IMAP account for >my business. I have 2-300 individual folders, very organized, for >vendor and customer relations as well as product development/ >research. As you can imagine, this is a HUGE mail file, well over >1GB. I don't delete anything. I keep everything sent or received. > >I do this so that I can go back to reference old emails from >customers or vendors if needed. > >Is there a way to archive some of these emails, say everything older >than 6 months? The only requirement is that I want to be able to >search this archive if needed. All of my IMAP mail is stored on the >server, but I'd like to keep the archive on my local machine that the >mail client runs on to conserve space on my web server. > >Is there any way to do this? If would be nice to save space and >improve performance, only accessing the old stuff when needed. I >know I could do this with Outlook, but that was with a POP account, I >just saved the old archives > > > >Rad... > > > >-- >G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >iPod Accessories for Less >at 1-800-iPOD.COM >Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal >www.1800ipod.com > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
