Once every year I spend a day or two separating attachments, and filing them into my virtual filing cabinet by topic and date, And then I export the entire email into one big text file. That way it is easily searchable and is easily imported into any email program later on.
I started doing this in 1996 starting with Pine (does anyone still use Pine?) at the University of Washington. All my text is still less than a CD. And my contact database has grown to more than 1,000 names.
Anal, aren't I? But it works, and I can find anything in my history. Just waiting for Spotlight:)
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Once every year I spend a day or two separating attachments, and filing them into my virtual filing cabinet by topic and date, And then I export the entire email into one big text file. That way it is easily searchable and is easily imported into any email program later on.
:)
I started doing this in 1996 starting with Pine (does anyone still use Pine?) at the University of Washington. All my text is still less than a CD. And my contact database has grown to more than 1,000 names.
Anal, aren't I? But it works, and I can find anything in my history. Just waiting for Spotlight