01-28-2008, 08:56 PM
Is your private message inbox looking bloated? Are you rapidly nearing the 100 PM limit? Are you just too attached to those messages to let them go?
Luckily for you, there is a built-in solution that is relatively quick and painless! It's called "Exporting".
To export your PMs to a friendly text archive, start by opening your PM inbox. In the Menu, Messages section, click on the very last option, "Export Messages". Here you will find several options.
I like to work on one folder at a time. For example, today I'm archiving messages sent to me. So in the first field, I choose "Inbox". I don't need anything more than a week old to be hanging around, so I change the date limitation to "Export messages older than" "7" days. I don't want to remove unread messages, but I do want to delete the ones that are being archived.
Finally, I choose the text export option. I've found this to be most effective for my purposes. Then just click the Export button and wait for the messages to appear on screen! Copy all of it, then paste it to your text editor of choice (Word, Notepad, etc.) and save it to your hard drive. Now you have an easily-searchable archive of your private messages!
If you need any help, as usual, I am available via PM to assist!
Luckily for you, there is a built-in solution that is relatively quick and painless! It's called "Exporting".
To export your PMs to a friendly text archive, start by opening your PM inbox. In the Menu, Messages section, click on the very last option, "Export Messages". Here you will find several options.
I like to work on one folder at a time. For example, today I'm archiving messages sent to me. So in the first field, I choose "Inbox". I don't need anything more than a week old to be hanging around, so I change the date limitation to "Export messages older than" "7" days. I don't want to remove unread messages, but I do want to delete the ones that are being archived.
Finally, I choose the text export option. I've found this to be most effective for my purposes. Then just click the Export button and wait for the messages to appear on screen! Copy all of it, then paste it to your text editor of choice (Word, Notepad, etc.) and save it to your hard drive. Now you have an easily-searchable archive of your private messages!
If you need any help, as usual, I am available via PM to assist!
Send me a bill or put it on my tab and when I get to meet you I'll do something nice in return.
