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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: JIMP on June 04, 2009, 09:32:53 PM
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Hi, Every month I save my emails to a folder on my hard disk by copying and pasting to that folder. When they are pasted they file by subject line. I want to file them by date. At the moment if I want to do that I have to go into the subject line while they are still sitting in Outlook and type in the date then I can copy and paste them to the folder by date. Needless to say that is very time consuming. Is there another way I can file them to disk by date? Hope someone can help. Regards
JimP
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Why not just use the AutoArchive facility (if you're using Microsoft Outlook)? Much easier.
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Thanks Rob . This might just do me for now but I can only access them from Outlook - correct? If for instance I wanted to give them to someone or travel away from my own computer I would have to cut and paste them onto say a USB Flash Drive and take them with me, which would leave me with the original problem of them not being filed by date, wouldn't it. Or am I still missing something. Regards Jim
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The archive.pst file that Outlook creates can be opened by other copies of Outlook elsewhere, so all you need to do is copy one file. It preserves the original folder structure and details such as time/date and sender. Unless you knew for a fact that Outlook was not going to be available wherever you were going, this is the method I'd use. It is by far the most efficient.