GroupWise: Save Old Email Messages and Address Books
Before you start…
You may be a recent graduate switching to an E-Mail For Life account (or another e-mail account), or you may simply want to save your old e-mails and address books. The following instructions explain how to save old e-mails and address books depending on where or what you would like to save them to.
For more e-mail saving options, see the Move E-Mail to Archives computer help page.
Save E-Mail Messages to a USB Drive
- Plug the USB drive into a USB port.
- Open GroupWise.
- Click to highlight the message to be saved. To save multiple emails, hold down the [Ctrl] key and select each email to be saved.
- Right click > Select "Save as."
- In the "Items to save" box, click to highlight each message to be saved.
- Select [Browse] > Navigate to "My Computer" > Select your USB disk(drive:).
- Click [Make New Folder] > Type a name for the folder.
- Click [OK] > [Save] > [Close].
Save E-Mail Messages to a CD-ROM
- Insert your CD.
- Open GroupWise.
- Cllck to highlight the message to be saved. To save multiple emails, hold down the [Ctrl] key and select each e-mail to be saved.
- Right-click > Select "Save as."
- In the "Items to save" box, click to highlight each message to be saved.
- Click [Browse] > "My Computer" > DVD-RW drive (D:).
- Select [Make New Folder] > Type a name for the folder.
- Click [OK] > [Save] > [Close].
- Select the green [Start] button > "My Computer" > DVD-RW Drive (D:).
- In "CD Writing Task," click "Write these files to CD."
Save Multiple E-Mail Messages Located in Multiple Folders
- Open GroupWise.
- Select “Tools” > “Find….”
- Select the “Find” tab > Uncheck “(your name) Home.”
- Uncheck “All Libraries” (if that option is present).
- Click on the “+” icon next to “(your name) Home.”
- Click on the “+” icon next to “Cabinet.”
- Click to check each folder that contain emails you wish to save.
- Click [OK].
- Click to highlight each email you wish to save.
- Right click > Select “Save As...”
- Click [Browse] > "My Computer" > DVD-RW drive (D:).
- Select [Make New Folder] > Type a name for the folder.
- Click [OK] > [Save] > [Close].
- Select the green [Start] button > "My Computer" > DVD-RW Drive (D:).
- In "CD Writing Task," click "Write these files to CD."
Save a GroupWise Address Book
- Open GroupWise.
- Select [Address Book] from the top menu bar.
- Select the group to be saved from the left panel.
- Select each contact to be saved (press [Ctrl] + click to select multiple contacts).
- Right click > Select “Export.”
- Navigate to a location to save the file > Enter a file name.
- Save as type: Comma Separated (*.csv)
- Click [Save].
- Navigate to the saved file > Right-click > Select “Open with…” > Select “Excel” from the list of programs.
- Save file to a CD or flash drive.
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