Hi Joe, putting the e-mails I want to back up into a folder is not the problem. The problem comes when I wish to save them to a CD, as I wish to have them in either .eml format, or another format which will be accessible by Outlook Express, however the process of creating the .eml files that Amro mentioned seems to be rather laborious, therefore I would appreciate any advice people can give of a faster way to create .eml files or transfer a large amount of Outlook Express messages to a suitable format for backing them up to a CD. 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