if you new that each subject line of your required emails were different then it may be easier but i rather suspect they will have some duplicates. the reason I say this is simply you can pack up your chosen emails and email them to your self as zipped files. the problem is when you come to unpack them if the subject line is the same it will prompt you but there's no way of changing it to my knowledge. you have two choices and that is to save in elm or txt type. I have done both thease types but it's the long save route. not much help i know but i have done the same thing for a friend over the last year or so and it is laborious. just do a few a day and it will soon come down.oe will still read txt files i have tried it and it works. hope this is clear. sincerely joe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Shannon" <alexacts2v4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: problems with backing up e-mails from Outlook Express to a CD > 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 > ** 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