You may have to manipulate the store on the IMAP server itself. Safest approach is to have the administrator of that system archive those files and make them available to you from an independent location or on removable media.
The format of these files will vary depending on the mail delivery mechanism on the server but ther will be either a collection of files - one file per email - or a collection of folders - one file per folder. Either way they can be manipulated with text tools like wordpad. I have even had some success reinserting messages back into the IMAP system. Then it will be safe to have that administrator delete older files - I use 90 days. IMAP is not the most favorable mechanism for storing large numbers of files. Not sure how gmail does it but it looks like archived messages are moved to an indexed auxiliary store, Jim Tarvid On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:45:56 -0400 (EDT), Shadow2531 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > use a non-web-based email client to retrieve and remove everything. > > Since you have WinXP, you can use Outlook Express. > > In OE: > > tools > accounts > mail tab > add > mail > set display name > set email address > change incoming mail server to imap > set incoming and outgoing mail server to your imap mail server > set username and password > say yes to download folders > > Then do as you wish with the messages. > > Shadow2531 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - > digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, > unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 > List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
