From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   MC wrote:   
   > Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   >   
   >> MC wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> MC wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Someone mentioned "ideally" backing up email every week.  How does   
   >>>>> one accomplish this?  How do you archive email in Netscape 7.2?   
   >>>>> Has Netscape 8.0 made this more user friendly?   
   >>>>> Thanks   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Netscape 8 makes archiving mail very easy by simply not doing mail   
   >>>> at all.  Its a browser only application, no mail or new client. ;)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The simplest way to backup is to just copy your entire profile   
   >>>> folder and store it someplace safe.  I suggest doing this at least   
   >>>> once a week.   That way you backup mail, bookmarks, cookies,   
   >>>> passwords, and everything else in your profile folder.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Lee   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks!  I just read that Netscape 8.0 has no email...duh! I run an   
   >>> automatic backup to an external USB hard drive every night and it   
   >>> includes backing up My Documents & Settings where my email/profiles   
   >>> are stored...so I guess that will take care of it? Now, if I want to   
   >>> "clean out" files on my Netscape 7.2 email client I just can delete   
   >>> these once they are backed up?  How would I re-import if I needed to   
   >>> access certain work-related files?  If I re-imported those "received"   
   >>> files, wouldn't they then overwrite anything more recent?  Hmmm....   
   >>> Melon   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Your automatic backup should take care of that end of it, no problem.   
   >> However, does your automatic backup overwrite the previous backups?   
   >> If so, then you would be unable to restore deleted mail from the   
   >> backup. Probably best to archive the mail.   
   >>   
   >> Create a new folder for your archive in 7.2. Do not make it a   
   >> subfolder of Inbox, make it on the same tree under the account name.   
   >> Lets say you call it Archive.   
   >>   
   >> Move the mail to be archived into this folder.  This can be done by   
   >> drag and drop, or, in the case of large amounts of mail, you can   
   >> create a filter to move it for you. For example, if you wanted to   
   >> archive all mail before a certain date, say January 1, 2005, your   
   >> filter would be for Date>is before>1/1/2005, with the action to move   
   >> the mail to the Archive folder.   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure you can customize that to meet your needs.   
   >>   
   >> Once mail is moved into the archive folder, close Netscape, and   
   >> navigate to your profile's mail folder.  Open the account folder, and   
   >> cut out the file named Archive, with no extension.  Save it someplace   
   >> where you can find it if needed.   
   >>   
   >> When you reopen Netscape Mail, the folder and the mail in it will be   
   >> gone.   
   >>   
   >> Should you need to access the archived mail, simply paste the file   
   >> named Archive back into the profile in the location you originally   
   >> found it. Open Netscape Mail, and Archive will reappear, with all its   
   >> mail.   
   >>   
   >> Lee   
   >>   
   > Thank you!  That's exactly the answer I was looking for.  My files are   
   > getting so large and I would like to put earlier years somewhere,   
   > without losing the option to refer back to them.  I never considered a   
   > filter, although I have used them for spam and viruses.  Lee, you're a   
   > genius!   
   > Melon   
   >   
      
   I used dates as an example for filters.  Actually, if you are just   
   archiving by years, and have the view option set to date, its just as   
   easy to use Shift+Select to get the block, then drag and drop.   
      
   I do this annually.  Its become a New Years Day tradition.  I create the   
   new archive folders, and put the entire last year of emails in them.  I   
   leave them there for a month or two, then remove them to my Archive folder.   
      
   Genius? Well you are very kind.  I've just been working with this   
   software for quite a while now, and I have developed a few tricks.   
      
   Lee   
      
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