whatever email program you're using there's a way to determine where the mail file is. you can also change the location where the program looks for and saves it, or select another mail file to use.... once determined, then use windows explorer or whatever to locate it, and copy the whole thing (if netscape, the whole nest of folders that it's within which will contain a bunch of other stuff like bookmarks that you don't want to lose also) elsewhere...onto CD, another hard-drive, tape (yes, they still exist), a web archive....
> -----Original Message----- > From: sol [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Re:LIst server > > > What program are you using to do that? I mean, what program is the > folder in? What folder? > When I tried to do select all and save in my mail program, all that got > to the CD was the mail headers. No message content. There was no way to > save a bunch of emails at once from the mail program to a folder in My > Documents either, all that produced was email headers also without > content. I must be doing something wrong, leaving out some critical > step(s) but I just don't know what. > > Since I have Outlook Express on this computer (because it is > there)though I don't use it for mail, I could possibly import the > messages to Outlook Exp, and thus they would not be lost if my current > email program goes south. They'd still be lost if I had a major system > blowout, though. But that is all I can come up with to do, as I said, > I'm not computer savvy at all. > > I have no idea how to create the archive files Wayne talked about. I > mean, I wanted to try Gmail, but cannot get my address book (contacts) > to import into it....there are instructions, but they are unintelligible > to me. Which brings up...........is Gmail safe? doesn't that put a > person's emails right where the goverment can get to them with no > trouble? Would google NOT turn over all that info to the government? > When most phone companies are handing all their phone records over? > Hmmm.I'm just not sure I want my private (or even my public) > correspondence on the web where google can give it all up at any time.Si > this paranoid? > > sol > > Cinder Ella wrote: > > Sure you can save the folder onto your hard drive and burn it onto a CD. > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
