Sounds reasonable I will give that a go. Thanks On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:22, Kevin Old wrote: > Hello Chadley, > > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 14:40, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > Hello Daar! > > > > Looked through all options on the menu bar! > > How can I archive mail from my inbox from say feb back. > > My inbox has over 70,000 mails in it and evolution is useing a lot of > > memory.So I figured I could free some up by archiving at least 50,000 of > > these mails. but keep the last 20,000 which I often go back to for > > advise, > > > > Any clues? > > Yes, this is very easy. While in Evolution narrow down the messages > you'd like to archive use the search tool. Once found, select all of > the message using Ctrl (as if you were going to move them to another > folder). The go to File->Save As. The resulting file will be a mbox > file of the messages you selected. > > After the mbox file is saved, delete them from the current folder > they're in by clicking on the trashcan icon at the top or by using the > delete key. > > Keep in mind that you'll only want to "archive" a few hundred messages > at a time if you have large messages or 1000 at a time if they are > small. > > Hope this helps, > Kevin > > -- > Kevin Old <kold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Chadley Wilson Production PLanner / Analyst and Supervisor A division of Technobyte (Pty) Ltd. Registration No. 1993/00917/07 Email: chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +27 11 265 3000 (Switchboard) or 265 3195 (Direct) 083 342 3730 (Cell) Fax: + 27 11 265 3073 Web site: www.pinnacle.co.za WARNING: The information transmitted herewith is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the material.
