From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   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   
      
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