Easy way to copy e mails to disk?

[kita1]

Is there a quick way to copy all the e mails in my in box (and sent box) onto a CD?

I have about 200 that I wish to keep copies of as I am trying to clean my computer up a bit (also if it crashes I don't want to loose them).

Only simple answers please - I am not very technical minded!!!

[ChuckFickens]

where is your inbox?

what do you use for your mail? outlook? thunderbird? webmail of some sort?

[kita1]

I use Outlook Express. I have Orange broadband.

[ChuckFickens]

outlook would have been sooo much easier :)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670

tells you how to backup, obviously you can ignore the newsgroup bits and the address book as well if you don't use or are not bothered about them

[kita1]

Not very simple to do then!!

Thought there may be a simple way like select all and just copy to CD!!

Oh well - here goes! Will be offline for about the next 2 days while I work this out!

[ianmunt]

if its simply the data you want,surely you can go to your in box,highlight them all,drag and copy to a new folder,and then copy the folder onto a CD