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by erikdr

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Help! My OE (V 5.5) mail folders start growing too big and slow down processing, so I want to archive a few of them. So:
* Manually move mail older than e.g. 6 months to a special folder
* Export the folder contents to outside OE
* Then delete inOE

The archive location/system must still be capable of browsing through the mail. The method MS proposes (under Help - Backup OE), copying the complete message folder file (DBX) to elsewhere, just seems far too user-unfriendly and then I'd stillneed OE at that other location too.

Any tips for a tool solving this issue? Freeware, shareware, trialware (willing to pay a reasonable price for a real 'utility' like this...)

Tnx in advance,

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by thechas

I just use the save as function and save the e-mail to a specific folder on the hard drive, and then delete the message from OE.
I have the folders set up to sort the messages to fit my needs for retrieval.

The only thing you have to watch out for is HTML messages. If you want to save the formatting, you need to change the save as file type to html.

When you double click on the saved message, it opens in the default application for the file extension. Typically OE for .eml, and IE for .htm

You can open .eml in a text editor, or your word processor.

by erikdr

Sorry. 'If everything else fails', then this would do. It cannot handle attachments for instance, and these too are sometimes important...

by erikdr

Tool is amply good enough. Doesn't offer viewing inside the archive (though they make promises like that), maybe next version. Present version just worth what they ask (24 bucks), not a dollar more. Tnx anyhow, I'll do it with this one for now...

by erikdr

Answer 2 looks quite promising. Any experiences with this tool? Any more takes? If no response within a few days, I'll just order it and grant the points...

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