Tech Question: How to transfer email files

[james t kirk]

Question for hte IT guys.

I have my company issued lap top. I save pretty much every email either incoming or outgoing in various folders related to each project I am working on.

I would like to copy ALL of them. There are probably more than I'd like to imagine.

Question:

How do I copy email files in their folders from my laptop, onto say a DVD, or external HD, then load them onto my home desk top?

Sorry if it's a trivial question, but to me, it's confusing.

Using windows XP on the laptop and vista on the desktop.

cheers

 

[Serpent]

Question for hte IT guys.

I have my company issued lap top. I save pretty much every email either incoming or outgoing in various folders related to each project I am working on.

I would like to copy ALL of them. There are probably more than I'd like to imagine.

Question:

How do I copy email files in their folders from my laptop, onto say a DVD, or external HD, then load them onto my home desk top?

Sorry if it's a trivial question, but to me, it's confusing.

Using windows XP on the laptop and vista on the desktop.

cheers

If you're using Outlook, save your folders to a .pst file and that's all you need to burn/move across.

 

[papasmerf]

Question for hte IT guys.

I have my company issued lap top. I save pretty much every email either incoming or outgoing in various folders related to each project I am working on.

I would like to copy ALL of them. There are probably more than I'd like to imagine.

Question:

How do I copy email files in their folders from my laptop, onto say a DVD, or external HD, then load them onto my home desk top?

Sorry if it's a trivial question, but to me, it's confusing.

Using windows XP on the laptop and vista on the desktop.

cheers

If it is a company laptop they may not be yours to copy.

Say for instance you are thinking of leaving your employment and in contemplation of this you wish to copy client emails to your own machine.......You might be violating your company's privacy rights.


The best way to answer your needs is check with your IT department.

 

[james t kirk]

If you're using Outlook, save your folders to a .pst file and that's all you need to burn/move across.

Pardon my ignorance, but how do I do that??

 

[james t kirk]

If it is a company laptop they may not be yours to copy.

Say for instance you are thinking of leaving your employment and in contemplation of this you wish to copy client emails to your own machine.......You might be violating your company's privacy rights.


The best way to answer your needs is check with your IT department.

Well, gee, I wonder why I am asking the tech gurus on TERB and not my company IT guy??



Technically speaking, the emails are the property of my clients and trust me, they would have NO PROBLEM with me copying their project emails.

 

[james t kirk]

Thanks, that's what I need.

For the record, in my line of business, the projects I work on are ALWAYS the property of the client. (Which can work against you because they can give my designs and specifications to a competitor - that's just the way it goes.)

When my current director joined my company, he brought with him a UHAUL full of drawings and specifications that he had worked on over the years with several other companies.

I have no firm plans of leaving my current employ at the moment anyway. But if I do.....

 

[Serpent]

asn's links should be quite comprehensive and helpful. I should have linked to directions as well.