I don't see any other answers so try this: Click on file in the upper left corner of OE and click on export. Select messages. I don't recall what happens but I think you are then given options, one of which would be send to CD. I just backed up my address book to a CD. I don't have any messages that just have to be kept. Guess I would miss my pctechtalk folder and my keepers folder so maybe I need to burn another CD. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "pctecktalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- How to copy mail from OE to cd? >I need to do a back up of OE so I can reformat....how do I go about it. I >don't want to loose the mail and some of it's important. > ML > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/