My Outlook only goes back to 2003, but I know I've got a .pst file somewhere much older than that. I can'r say I've ever bothered to sort them out, but I do look for things occasionally. Makes you realize what a problem a large company has with millions of email annually. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My oldest emails: 2002!!! That's in a folder where I save info > to reference. > > I recently cleaned out my "Sent" folder and the oldest > was...........2000! Now the oldest is only 2008. Cleaning out > folders and going through email is a PITA and very > time-consuming, so I've found it easier just to save the emails > in OE folders since they can be searched so easily, and backed > up and restored so easily ("Express Assist"), and also since OE > is open 90%+ of the time. > -Clint ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-