Transferring Emails To External Hard Drive

[naomi24]

I'm getting a new computer so I'm saving files to an external hard drive to transfer.  Is there a way to save all emails in one fell swoop?  I have thousands and going through to see which ones I want and which I don't is a daunting task.  I'm using Windows Live Mail.

[ToraToraTora]

do you have a microsoft account? If so they should follow you when you log in on the new machine.

[naomi24]

No I don't, TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

when you login to your emails do you do so via outlook on the PC or via the net? Try the latter, if not already doing it.

outlook.live.com

are all your emails available?

[Maydup]

You'll be able to log into your emails on your new computer Naomi. No need to save them; they are in the cloud at Outlook.com.

As TTT suggests, try logging in to the web version now to reassure yourself. You can do it from a phone with their app just to check we're right and to show it's not connected to your current computer.

https://outlook.live.com/mail/about/index_en.html

[naomi24]

Thanks for your help.

[Togo]

You need to take care of how much you have stored in the cloud with Onedrive the file hosting service that will sync files across devices. When you are near to the limit that they provide free of charge,i.e. 5GB, then microsoft disable your outlook account and you cannot send or recieve emails via outlook or hotmail. Do not ignore the files "nearly full" warnings at around 4.3GB because the cut off comes without any warning. You will need to either purchase more or delete some of the files stored in the cloud. Best to transfer them to an external storage if they are important.