-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Archiving Old Mail
- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:08:39 -0400
Saving the .dbx files are fine... but, if you need to do a search, how do you
search .dbx files? You can't. I need a way to save old mails, and be able to
search them at will. Preference would be saving them to disk. Then, when the
time comes, if I need to search mail from January of 2002, I take out the CD
marked "Jan-2002" and do a search for a keyword in the mail.
Now, saving the individual emails... for me, that's not efficient. I have
approximately 300 emails daily I am looking to archive. Saving each individual
email would basically guarantee me a divorce.
:)
---Troth
----- Original Message -----
From: geekette
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:22 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Archiving Old Mail
I have a whole drive dedicated to email [not on the same drive as my OS]
I keep my .dbx folders there labeled by month and year as I change the
storage space monthly.
For long-term storage, I have also created file folders that have
descriptive names like "Dorothy" or "Database Management Class
DIscussion" I save the emails as .eml files and give them names that
are meaningful to me rather than-=PCTechTalk=-Archiving Old Mail, I
might name it "orig post archiving mail ~000~" so that I have the
sender's name in the name. Many times I can remember the person who had
the answer to my question even if I can't remember the question. I also
change the replies so that they are not all named "Re: -=PCTechTalk=-
Archiving Old Mail" on ten different replies. This is more
time-consuming than you might want, but I have used this system
successfully for many years. YMMV.
I back up all my files to two CDs in case of CD failure.
ellie
----- Original Message -----
From: ~OoO~
To: PCTechTalk
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:03 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Archiving Old Mail
C'mon, fellas...
We need to get into the "this way is better than that way" mode... this
is the mode that gets everyone competing, and hence usually some very
good responses/solutions to some of the more "simpler" things in the
world of PCs.
Now that everyone's ears flicked up a bit, and I've got you all saying
"WHAT THE HECK IS HE TALKING ABOUT, THAT MORON," let me tell you what I
really need...
I need to archive mail... and, not really just small amounts of mail,
but rather LARGE amounts of mail. And, of course, more mail will add to
this over time. What I want to know is for those of you that archive or
save your mails (for whatever reason, be it to save PCTechTalk posts, or
maybe to blackmail someone), how are you doing that archiving?
I need to be able to look up certain emails occasionally, via keywords
in the email, and don't know any other way of archiving with Outlook
Express other than just keeping them in their respective folders with
OE, and occasionally backing up the DBX files in the event of a crash.
But, overall, being able to save to a CD-R and dating the CD-R would be
nice.
Does anyone use and/or recommend using another email client besides
Outlook Express, which might make archiving easier? Eudora Pro was
suggested, but very vaguely... supposed to be good for saving old mails,
but I've never really investigated that. Can Eudora users give their
side to it?
What about outside help... you know, third-party software... any
recommendations?
Waiting to hear from everyone!
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