Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Instructions On Setting Up Email Archiving In Outlook Web Access

Users who can’t afford Microsoft’s paid email client application MS Outlook, can make use of the free Outlook Express application. Outlook Express shares many features in common with Outlook. Users can download Outlook Express for free from the Microsoft support site, and configure the Outlook Setting in a matter of a few minutes. Outlook Web Access is an on-the-go version of Outlook Express. It allows users to access their Outlook Express account from any computer provided they’ve an active internet connection. Outlook Web Access is a web browser based utility. The interesting thing is that it is compatible with most web browser applications, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

After signing in to Outlook Web Access using your Outlook Express account login credentials, you can archive the emails in it to a specified folder in the hard drive of the computer you are working on. This is a simple process. The following steps should help you.

Instructions
  • Launch your Outlook Express application and navigate to the Tools menu, which can be found in the main toolbar.
  • Choose the Options button and highlight the tab titled Other.
  • Press the AutoArchive button from the dropdown menu.
  • Specify how often you want the application to run the AutoArchive feature. If you choose 7 days as the frequency to run the AutoArchive feature in the application, it will run it every week.
  • Be sure to specify the Archive location. Press the Browse button and choose a folder where you want to save the archived emails to.
  • Following that, press the OK button to save the changes you have made in the Outlook setting.
  • Now, load the Outlook Web Access login page in your web browser and sign into your account.
  • When the Outlook Web Access displays the emails in the inbox, highlight the email message that you wish to archive and click on it.
  • If you have multiple emails to select, use the Shift key while choosing the emails.
  • After that, go to the upper part of the window and select the button titled Mark/Archive. Outlook Web Access will archive all the emails that you have selected.
You have successfully archived emails from Outlook Web Access to your computer hard drive. If you need further explanation on any of the points discussed here, get in touch with Outlook help.

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