| Besides the spam that you get on a daily
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| | on to one 700mb CD.
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| basis there are actually real email that
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| | Ok let's get started! These instructions
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| you would like to keep, and you consider
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| | are for Outlook Express, if you are using
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| important enough that you might need them
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| | another email program your will have to
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| for reference some day, however storing
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| | consult that program manual.
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| those important e-mail on your hard drive
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| | 1. Start Outlook Express.
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| is risky. So what can you do? I 'm glad
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| | 2. In the top menu bar click on Tools.
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| you are reading this article because you
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| | 3. When the window drops down click on
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| will find out.
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| | Options.
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| Generally in most email programs you have
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| | 4. Once you click on options there will
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| the ability save and archive those very
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| | be another window that will open in that
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| important emails buy copying or
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| | window click on the Maintenance Tab.
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| transferring them to a removal storage
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| | 5. Almost all the down at the bottom of
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| media such as a CD or DVD. With those
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| | the page right above troubleshooting you
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| emails now transferred to a removal media
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| | will see "click Store Folder to change
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| you can delete them off of your hard
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| | the location of your message store" now
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| drive, and in a sense, doing yourself two
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| | click on the Store Folder button. Once
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| favors.
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| | you have click on Store Folder the Store
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| 1. You just gained a little more space on
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| | Location window will appear.
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| hard drive, or gained a ton of space if
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| | 6. High light the path name in the Store
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| you have a ton emails that you were
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| | location dialoged box by cling and
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| saving.
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| | dragging over the path name text, the
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| 2. Now you don't have to worry about
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| | press CTRL C to copy that text to your
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| loosing those e-mails if your hard drive
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| | clip board.
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| were to ever crash. One point for you and
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| | 7. Close Outlook Express.
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| the computer gods none.
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| | 8. Right click on the start button on the
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| Microsoft Outlook Express stores email in
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| | bottom left hand of your computer, and
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| what is called a .dbx file. Each folder
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| | then click on Explore. Highlight the
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| in your Outlook Express contains a DBX
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| | current text that is in the address field
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| file, for example, all of the messages in
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| | and press CTRL-V to paste the path that
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| your primary inbox will have a DBX file
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| | you copied from Outlook Express, and then
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| and sent items.dbx will have all the
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| | press Enter.
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| messages in your sent items folder.
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| | 9. Click on the very fist file and then
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| Depending on how many emails that you
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| | press CRTL-A to select the all the files
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| want to save and archive you may want to
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| | at once. Now you drag all the files into
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| think about compressing those messages
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| | your software burning program or you can
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| making them smaller in overall size, thus
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| | right click and then click Send To and
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| using less space when you're ready to
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| | then click the drive that contains your
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| transfer them to your removal media.
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| | removable media. The Send to option can
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| However, this process is optional, CD are
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| | be a little confusing at times and you
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| relatively inexpensive and unless you
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| | may just want to use the software that
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| have been saving email since Windows 3.1
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| | come with CD Recorder as it actually may
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| there is a good chance you will be able
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| | be a bit simpler to burn those files on
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| to transfer all of your archived messages
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| | to your CD.
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