Saved emails ..

[ginseng 10]

Hi, sorry to ask such a dumb question, but does anyone know if saving emails to your computer takes up much disk space?

 

I've about 400 saved and was just wondering if deleteing them might free up some some space.

 

Thanks.

[Strix 11]

it depends on what's in them - photo's take up lots more space than text

[ginseng 10]

Hi Strix, thanks for the reply.

 

Most of them are just text, only a few include photos.

[Strix 11]

if you look at your folders in 'details' view instead of a grid, you'll see the file sizes

[ginseng 10]

Okay, I'll have a look at that, thanks for your help.

[poppy2 10]

If you want to save them, you could create an empty file in Documents, use the Export facility to transfer them into it then put that in a zip file. Back up to external storage media and then delete the original emails. Doing this regularly is a good way of keeping the email client clutter-free.

[Greengeek 10]

I'd migrate to Gmail, then you wouldn't have to worry about backups or space.

[Greengeek 10]

Just google losing them all, or giving your e-mail address out

 

Yawn.

 

Did they actually lose any? No.

Have they leaked anyone's email address? No.