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  1. whitesnake

    Double check the date that is set by the form..it defaults to one year old items…if your email items are more recent than that you will archive nothing.

    Also, check what folder is selected, if you do not select the folder(s) that have your items in they won't archive.

  2. kathyscan@btinternet.com

    You cant just cut and paste the original

  3. Frank L

    You can only copy and paste them to a word doc one at a time and and archive the word doc.

  4. lil_emerlander

    In Yahoo Mail. Message Archive is through the use of Personel Folders in your email box. To have an Archive you have to make it yourself. By Moving messages into the Folders.

  5. roy

    No only Yahoo messenger provides that service

  6. xanadu

    Unfortunately, Express isn't like Outlook where you have one nice and neat PST file. More unfortunate, there's no export feature (except to Outlook or MS Exchange – that's how they get you to buy that $300 upgrade!).

    To find where OE is saving your files, go to 'Tools' then 'Options', then choose the 'Maintenance' tab. Click on 'Store Folder' in the middle of the page, and that's where OE is saving all of your folders. My suggestion is to copy and paste that string into a text file, since it'll have a long string of random numbers (unless you changed the location).

    You'll need to burn every file in that folder.

    To restore it if the need arises, you'll first need to disconnect the internet. Then open OE, go through the account setup, finish the account setup, close OE and then reopen it. This way the store folder becomes permanent, and doesn't try to delete the files you're about to copy. Find the store folder in the same method as above. Close OE once you've located it, and navigate to that folder. Copy everything on the CD back into this folder. Overwrite everything.

    Reopen OE and your emails are restored.

    It's tedious, and OE can get finicky while you're restoring. You must always finish the account setup BEFORE copying the CD contents – otherwise it'll overwrite everything in the folder with a blank inbox.

    Hope this helps.

  7. sorina_1959

    Yahoo mail is still working on this feature right now! It should be available soon.

    In the meantime, you can save a chat by converting it into an email and sending it to yourself.

    Here’s how:

    1.Finish your chat. Then, before you close the chat tab, click the envelope icon in the upper-right corner. It’s one of three buttons above the chat window, to the right. See it? Click it to convert your chat to an email.

    2.Your chat is now an email with a blank "To:" field. Send it to yourself by typing your own email address after "To:".

    When you receive it, file it in whatever folder you want.

  8. abdul s
  9. dang-dang

    sign in

  10. GersIrish

    You should paste it into microsoft word. There isn't a real way to actually move emails from hotmail to another location, I don't think. It is exceptionally easy to copy and paste though, so that's what I would suggest doing. After that, you can move the documents anywhere you want, documents don't take up a lot space either.

  11. cupie_t

    Yahoo! made it super-easy to switch back whenever you want. You can switch up to the new and back to the old as often as you want, here's how to switch back.

    To come back to the old Yahoo! Mail, under where it says "Welcome, yourname" at the top of your Yahoo! Mail page, there's a "Switch Back" link. Click "Switch Back" to go back to the Yahoo! Mail version.

  12. Peter S

    First off – well done for downloading and using a CONSIDERABLY better piece of software than outlook!

    In future – the help forum at
    http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/

    Is the best place to go for things like this, but nonetheless your answer is:

    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Archiving_your_e-mail

  13. lisaness05

    Your friends are probably using Gmail instead of Yahoo. Gmail has an "archive" feature that removes old messages from your inbox without deleting them. To view archived messages, you either search for them or click a "View All Mail" link.

    It would be nice if Yahoo would add this feature, but for the moment, all you can do is make a folder and move old mail into it. That way your inbox stays relatively uncluttered.

  14. cindy r

    G O D bless the U S A

    Once a message is deleted from the inbox…send…trash folders they are gone forever as far as yahoo is concerned….

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  15. rhiz

    not at this time, no

  16. JJJJ

    Just go to All Mail, then Select: All, then delete.

  17. Sara K

    That is the only way. The folders are not real. They can't be moved in their entirety to your computer. The individual emails must be read by a separate email program. That requires POP3 and in the US you must pay for a Plus account at $19.99 a year to have it.

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  18. Frank Rizzo

    Here are some ways:
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Archiving_your_e-mail

  19. Alice C

    Nope. Just activate your IM archive and choose days to archive it. Maybe you hit the button "clear out" archive when you signed out, so recheck it.

  20. Rose

    just checked my Yahoo messenger about archives, you do mean this dont you…

    Anyways open messenger and click Messenger menu at top left and then select Preferences

    Choose archive on menu on the left and a screen appears giving you the options you want, just click Do not save messages and then Clear Archive to empty whats in there now.

    Then click APPLY and then OK to make changes permanent. Obviously you can check anytime by going back here in future to check all is ok.

  21. zarei2049

    just use ms outlook or rar

  22. GHOST_301

    Here's a link to a Yahoo! Mail Errors and Problems Reporting and Help Request Form:
    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/bug_f.html?from_url=http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=yahoo+mail+help+form

  23. StrangerNH

    try PGoffline
    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pgoffline.html

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  26. Will S

    I'm not exactly sure what you want, but here's a couple of suggestions. There are web based email clients you could install, plus i have a mailing list manager that might help you, not sure where I got it from so I can't give you a link but would be happy to make it downloadable for you.
    The web based client that I found to be best in terms of operation, installation, customisation, is called Iloha mail, again i could send that to you but you may be able to google it.

  27. Chuwariwap

    Yes, you are definitely at risk of loosing your account/data. There are other on-line services I would recommend.
    http://www.ibackup.com/
    http://www.xdrive.com/
    I've already lost three email accounts, so don't take the risk. Flash drives are not as reliable as CD or DVD discs. They are prone to EMF.

  28. Gangster

    Go to messenger -> preferences -> archives, enable this feature, click okay. To save future messages, mark "yes, save all of my messages", click "apply" and "okay". To read archived messages right-click the user ID, click message archive.

    Chats cannot be saved in your inbox of Yahoo mail.

  29. gjr

    You can archive your mail by creating folders and sub-folders to store your messages in. That way, you can store them by topic, sender, or date, or whatever you wish.

    If you have Yahoo Plus email, you may download all of your emails to your desktop and then use any system to archive them from there.

  30. Phil B

    Hi there. Hope I can help with your question.

    Mail Plus gives you the extra feature of being able to archive your mail. The normal Y! free account doesn't allow that.

    However, for your address book, with the free account or Mail Plus, you can export your contacts. It's easy – Click on the Import/Export link on the upper right. Maybe this link will work for you:
    http://address.yahoo.com/?A=B

    For more about Mail Plus, try this:
    http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/mail/plus/about/about-01.html

  31. thomas_luedemann

    I'm not sure why you'd want to save those previous posts prior to your membership, however there is no way to have past posts sent to your e-mail. sorry

  32. BackupMan

    If you are using a free Yahoo account, you cannot archive your emails and folders. Only Mail Plus users (a premium account at an annual fee) have this feature which allows all emails / folders to be backed up to their hard drive.

  33. blah

    Yes, If you send the massages to archive

  34. Diana C

    yahoo email doesn't have archive facility. Only gmail has archive facility.

  35. Roberta

    Yahoo is working on the site. This happened in July and Nov 2008. Then suddenly all the old emails re-appeared. Yahoo had fixed it.

    You can not fix it. It is not your computer or browser.

    You can try help.yahoo.com but they already know.

  36. M

    Funny you should ask, M; I've just spent about 5 hours trying to archive my e-mail with poor results. I've kept YMClassic which does have the archive option, and supposedly with unlimited size restraints but I can tell you that the absolute best I got was 1 zip just under 23MB; most attempts resulted in error messages or blank pages (even for small archives).

    By searching for answers OUTSIDE of Yahoo's Help areas I did come across the page linked below which, although not what I would have preferred, sounds to me like the best shot at getting this done simply.

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/poparchive-02.html

    The deterrent for me is need to temporarily setup Outlook Express, which I keep totally disabled as a rule because I do not trust it security-wise. However at this point I can live with briefly enabling it to archive mail so I can clean out my stored webmail, then disable it and put back in mothballs when I'm done. You can similarly use Thunderbird, a very good alternative, but depending on your antivirus, etc. the setup can be a chore.

    Good luck!
    David

  37. Dave K

    There is no easy way, You must cut and paste each individual email.

    If you have another email address that you access with a separate email program then just forward each Yahoo email to that account. It will still have to be done one at a time.

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  38. mrwoody

    In the blue area on the top right of your main mail screen, you should have a button that says Search Mail. Click the down arrow in that box, and then click on Advanced Search. From there, you can select an option in Date – in your case, select "is before…" and then fill in a date in the boxes that appear.

  39. peppergrain_82

    I think in the email account Options ,you will have in the advance menu a box for " leave a copy of the messages on the server "which you should tick and that should solve it.

  40. beo

    http://help.yahoo.com/

    Have you tried to do a search with the file names to locate the destination on your computer? (right click on start button)

  41. steveo7502

    Archiving does NOT delete what you have in your inbox or other folders. It is simply a back-up.

  42. roti7

    from word, save ur file to the desktop. exit, drag icon from desktop

  43. Nagadev V

    U cannot do archive. But anyway the space is more, u should be able to have more mails. Otherewise if you ready to pay, then u can dowload all mails to outlook etc., but this will be yearly subscription. For more info please see yahoo options…

  44. Travis
  45. abolfazl

    The built-in messenger that comes with New Yahoo Mail doesn't allow conference chat, transferring files or share pics, use webcam, voice chat, IMvironments, audibles, plugins and/or launchcast radio. And it also doesn't have a message archive.

  46. kosirm2000

    I'm sorry, but you can't download the archive of a Yahoo! Group to your inbox. They don't have it set up to make this possible. All you can do is browse the archives on the site or read the messages that have been sent to you since you signed up.

    However, it's an interesting idea and you may want to suggest it to the Yahoo! Groups staff. Here's a link to their feedback form where you can submit your suggestion:
    http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/groups/cgi_messages

  47. Spiral

    The best method to archive is to use a database. Some archivers like GFI can convert e-mail to SQL. This gives you a programmable control. I'm not a big fan of proprietory archive formats.

    GFI Mail Archiver has a free trial version:
    http://www.windowsnetworking.com/software/Email-archiving/

    You could try Athena Archiver. It is a bit on the expensive side, though.
    http://www.athenaarchiver.com/software/email-archiving.html

  48. iyang_esex

    Impossible, if you deleted them from your Bulk folder they are gone somewhere in another life :)

  49. flyingweez

    I think so, it depends on wether or not gmail allows pop3 access. I don't know because I don't use gmail.

  50. juliettemoore2000

    interesting, they seem to be still working on new version options,

    YPOPs! if needed to download files,
    http://ypopsemail.com/
    ~ a free open source software that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail. You can use your favourite email client, be it Outlook, Thunderbird, or whatever else you like and connect to Yahoo! Mail seamlessly.
    ..

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