Hi Carol, Thanks for this, However, the issue is that I have 970 messages from Colin Howard stored in a folder I created for messages he has sent me. These messages range in date from some point in 2005 up to within the last few months. What I want to do is back up only the messages Colin has sent me between the first message recorded in 2005 and the last message in 2006 leaving the remaining messages for this year in the location where all the messages are currently, thus reducing the size of that particular .dbx file. 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