I thought about that, but I don't know what happens when you compact all folders--can you still read them? There is nowhere near 1000, maybe more like 100 if that, but after reading all posts I've come to the conclusion I just have too much in there. There are 13 subfolders with maybe 2 to 5 emails in each folder. Is there a quick and easy way to transfer these all over to text files, or must they be done individually via copy and paste, like to Notepad or someplace? Otherwise, they'd be saved as .dbx files and how could I open them again? --Glo ----- Original Message ----- From: nightsneak To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 4:10 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Hanging Between Folders Glo, make a new folder to store the older messages in. You can do this by highlighting all the messages in the current folder, then move them to a new folder that you name "old pctt pre 9-27-03" or something like that so that you now have an empty "current" folder. < compress all your folders, by going to File>Folder>Compact all Folders. nightsneak --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk