[Hidden-tech] Archiving Emails in Outlook for Mac

[Rich@OTN]

I'd suggest setting up a pop account for that email and then do 'delete 
from server' when done.

Personally, I'd run it on in perl on a linux server - I use 
Mail::POP3Client - it's a pretty easy script.
And then run a "delete all older than 90 days" script, on a regular 
basis (or 120 or even 365)

You can probably run that on a perl on a mac (or windows) box.
Since mac actually has a real unix shell, it's extra easy.

Depending on the access to your server - it could also be as easy as do 
a tar or zip on the mailbox directory,
that requires direct admin access to mail server.

Rich

On 3/6/2020 12:29 PM, Fred Levine via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> I’m running Outlook for Mac 16.3 on Mojave.
>
> I’m trying to transfer several thousand emails off our IMAP server 
> onto my computer for safe keeping and reference. I tried transferring 
> some to the Archive folder, then realized, they’re still stored on the 
> server, which kind of misses the point
>
> IN the past, I had to copy a bunch onto my computer (to the “On My 
> Computer” Inbox in Outlook) in order to change to a new host. The huge 
> amount of emails practically blew up Outlook, which clearly can’t 
> handle any significant storage.
>
> Any suggestions for how to accomplish this one-would-think simply task 
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Fred Levine
>
> Small Batch Books
>
> 493 S. Pleasant St.
>
> Amherst, MA 01002
>
> 413.230.3943
>
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