How to archive folders on my computer

Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?

I have tried dragging the folders to the desktop but when I have a look at
the properties there is nothing in the folder?

I have entourage 2008 version 12.1.1.

I have 7g of emails and I desperately need to tidy things up!

Many thanks
Kim

Jolly
Sun Aug 31 19:59:33 CDT 2008

In article <C4E18C56.1C9C4%kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz>,
Kim Ward <kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz> wrote:

> Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
> have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?
>
> I have tried dragging the folders to the desktop but when I have a look at
> the properties there is nothing in the folder?
>
> I have entourage 2008 version 12.1.1.
>
> I have 7g of emails and I desperately need to tidy things up!

I wrote a script called "Archive Message Folders" that probably does
exactly what you want:

<http://tinyurl.com/5kppro>

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Diane
Sun Aug 31 20:55:52 CDT 2008

"Kim Ward" wrote:

> Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
> have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?

As Jolly mentioned you can archive as MBOX files, but if you want your data
in a useful state, create an archive Identity.

Archive Your Data
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/archive.html>

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Kim
Sun Aug 31 21:40:32 CDT 2008

On 1/09/08 12:59 PM, in article
jollyroger-89D1E7.19593331082008@news.individual.net, "Jolly Roger"
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <C4E18C56.1C9C4%kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz>,
> Kim Ward <kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
>> have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?
>>
>> I have tried dragging the folders to the desktop but when I have a look at
>> the properties there is nothing in the folder?
>>
>> I have entourage 2008 version 12.1.1.
>>
>> I have 7g of emails and I desperately need to tidy things up!
>
> I wrote a script called "Archive Message Folders" that probably does
> exactly what you want:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/5kppro>

Thanks Roger - can I choose what files to archive with this script?

Ie I only want to archive my 2006/2007 email.

Thanks
Kim

Jolly
Sun Aug 31 21:57:29 CDT 2008

In article <C4E099B8.29233%diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org>,
Diane Ross <diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org> wrote:

> "Kim Ward" wrote:
>
> > Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
> > have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?
>
> As Jolly mentioned you can archive as MBOX files, but if you want your data
> in a useful state, create an archive Identity.
>
> Archive Your Data
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/database/archive.html>

That's another way, yes.

Just keep in mind that this method stores the data in a single
proprietary Microsoft database file that you can open *only with
Entourage*.

MBOX files, in contrast, may be opened in any text editor, word
processor, and may be easily imported into other email software, since
MBOX is a relatively standard file format.

As with most anything, there are many ways to do what you want - you
just need to pick the option that best suits your individual needs.

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Jolly
Sun Aug 31 22:14:52 CDT 2008

In article <C4E1AF60.1C9E9%kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz>,
Kim Ward <kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz> wrote:

> On 1/09/08 12:59 PM, in article
> jollyroger-89D1E7.19593331082008@news.individual.net, "Jolly Roger"
> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <C4E18C56.1C9C4%kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz>,
> > Kim Ward <kward@shortlandchambers.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Can someone please tell me how I can archive my 2006 and 2007 emails that I
> >> have saved under the "Folders on my Computer"?
> >>
> >> I have tried dragging the folders to the desktop but when I have a look at
> >> the properties there is nothing in the folder?
> >>
> >> I have entourage 2008 version 12.1.1.
> >>
> >> I have 7g of emails and I desperately need to tidy things up!
> >
> > I wrote a script called "Archive Message Folders" that probably does
> > exactly what you want:
> >
> > <http://tinyurl.com/5kppro>
>
> Thanks Roger - can I choose what files to archive with this script?
>
> Ie I only want to archive my 2006/2007 email.

This particular script archives everything to MBOX files. You still may
want to give it a try. You may find the total archived messages are
small enough not to make a difference.

If you want to selectively archive individual *folders*, all you need to
do is drag the folder to your desktop or a folder. The caveat here is
Entourage will not include any *subfolders* within the folder you drag
out; so you'll have to drag them out separately.

If you want to archive only messages in a certain date range, you could
create a Mail View (File > New > Saved Search in Entourage 2008, or File
> New > New Custom View in Entourage 2004) to find all messages whose Date Sent or Date Received are within a certain range, then drag that custom view from the folder list on the left to the desktop or a folder, which will create an MBOX file containing only those messages that match your criteria.

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JR