Hi Amro, If I was going to back up the whole contents of a folder, then the first suggestion you have given would work, however, I have a folder containing 970 messages from one particular friend. These messages date from 2005 to this year. What I want to do is back up only those messages that were sent to me by this person between 2005 and the end of 2006 and leave the remaining messages where they are currently stored. Do you, or does anyone else have a suggestion of how I could do this please? . Alexander Shannon ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq